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U.S. primary election calendar runs from January until early summer. During this
time candidates criss cross the country in an attempt to win enough delegate votes
to become their party's nominee for president. The emergence of early "super
primaries," those dates on which multiple states hold their elections, has
made the nationwide primary elections more competitive in the first months of
the season. Candidates with less support and less money in their campaign coffers
usually drop out as the season progresses. Parties host their national conventions
during the summer, nominating the candidate with the most delegate votes to be
their presidential candidate in the general election. |
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