01-19-2004, 05:40 AM
A primary is just like a standard general election: everyone votes for their favorite, the one with the most votes wins. A caucus I'm not 100% sure about, but I think it's an all-day event where there are a bunch of meetings around the state, with speeches from party representatives and such. Throughout the day as candidates are eliminated, people are allowed to switch their support to another if their guy didn't get enough support. At the end of the day, each caucus selects one delegate for one candidate, and the one with the most delegates in the state wins (in that sense, it's sort of like the electoral college).