Does Missouri have Presidential primaries (like New Hampshire) or caucuses (like Iowa)?
A Missouri has primary elections AND -sort of- caucuses too. The purpose of primaries is to determine which candidates within each political party Missouri will support during the parties’ national conventions…who will run against whom for President in 2008. The purpose of post-primary caucuses is to choose some of the Missourians who will attend the great, big, exciting national political party conventions as part of their respective parties’ Missouri’s delegation there.