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Party primaries generally happen when other, more local offices and initiatives are in the ballot, and often the primary for the other parties as well. It is e

Party primaries generally happen when other, more local offices and initiatives are in the ballot, and often the primary for the other parties as well. It is exceedingly rare (at least in California) to have a single item ballot. It’s arguable that the local / state items are more important to most voters than the party primary, so there would still be plenty of scrutiny.

rtkwe 9y ago
That varies a lot state by state. Here in NC for instance pretty much everything is on the main November ballot and the primaries are just primaries. We don't really have things like ballot initiatives or referendums though.