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Primary Elections and Caucuses: Fact, Choice, Defend

Learn about primary and caucus features while deciding and defending if they should stay or go.

Grade
9–12
Topic
Voting and Elections
Format
PDF
Published
Apr 22, 2025

Directions

Read each fact, mark if you think it should stay or go, and defend your reasoning. Your defense should acknowledge the consequences for removing any “fact.”

Guiding Question  

  • What is a primary election?
  • What is a caucus?
  • How are the two similar and different?

Objectives 

  • I can compare primaries and caucuses based on their purpose, function, similarities, and differences.

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