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Love is all around us, including love for civics. A love story about why civic engagement is vital and three ways to fulfill your civic duty.

Democracy could use our affection and attention right about now. Americans are falling out of love with our system of government.

When a civic relationship has soured, there may be a strong impulse to pull back from participating in elections. To the contrary, whether our candidates win or lose, whether our preferred policies become implemented or are discarded, Americans simply can’t give up on democracy.

What are the different ways that primaries are conducted?

There are five types of primaries conducted in the United States: open primaries, primaries open to unaffiliated voters, partially open primaries, closed primaries, and semi-closed primaries. Here we provide details on the several types of primaries.

The United States is the only major democracy using primary elections to narrow down nominees for office from a selection of candidates. And we haven’t always done it this way.

The 2024 Voter Experience Survey Has Now Been Closed. See our Press Release on Preliminary Findings.

While voting is a fundamental right of U.S. citizens, that does not mean that everyone has the same experience voting. On the contrary. We’d like to learn more about your experience. U.S. Vote Foundation knows that information coming directly from voters is the most powerful for stimulating improvements in the voting process.