Whats the difference between caucus states and primary states?
The difference between caucus states and primary states is partly related to how political parties choose their candidates for President, but it also means that those states follow a somewhat different procedure for getting people involved in party politics. In caucus states, people get together with their neighbors at a precinct caucus, which is at a specific time of day. At that meeting, they can talk about issues and propose resolutions, but one thing that they do is select delegates to represent them at larger conventions that the political parties hold. At later conventions, delegates can endorse candidates for particular offices. Some delegates selected at local precinct caucuses continue all the way to the national conventions and help choose candidates for President. At each level, the people who get to continue on are chosen by the other delegates–starting at the neighborhood level, it is like a string of elections to choose people to represent each of us at larger convention
