No, the primary elections are used to narrow down the nominees for president. The 1912 election is notable because it gave the voters a choice of political and economic philosophies
Not really. Elections for president are actually 51 separate statewide (and DC) elections. Each of the 51 outcomes selects Electors to the Electoral College who then cast their votes for president...
In 1910, Oregon became the first state to establish a presidential preference primary, which requires delegates to the National Convention to support the winner of the primary at the convention. By...
absolutely! The primary election is only to reduce the number of candidates to two. One Democrat and one Republican. (Go McCain!!!!). Hope this helps you. Mike
None in the sense that a presidential primary is a primary election. There could be other types of primary elections theoretically however I'm not aware of any.