But can't quite think of anything important enough to post about. Oh, does anybody know how this voting in America works? I'll go and check and bring back what I learn.
20 mins later: I'm still confused, Wikipedia hasn't cleared it up for me. I'll give it five more minutes to see if I can find something useful.
Getting there. Found some info here and here about the primary system. It appears, and yes it does seem mad, that each state decides on a Republican and Democratic candidate - by different means. Some states have a caucus [kaw-kuss] where party members meet to decide who the state's preferred candidate is, whilst other states appear to have an election (madness!) called a primary, which makes a little more sense.
Some states have a limited electorate for these primaries where only registered party members can cast a ballot. What makes it even more odd, is that there are different rules for the Republican and Democrat parties!
So, what's happening now is that states local political parties are choosing their preferred candidate, and the results of all the caucuses and primaries will be gathered together later in the year to decide on the candidates. I think. Then there's an election, isn't there? More on that later.
Please correct me if I'm wrong - I need to watch more West Wing to be sure!
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