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They are held before. There would be no reason to hold them after the candidate has been chosen.
Since 1972, Iowa has held the first caucuses of the presidential primaries.
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The first primary was in 1912 in Iowa. The first primary was in 1912 in Iowa.
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There are currently 14 states that hold their primaries on the first or second Tuesday in March. These states include Alabama, Arkansas, California, Colorado, Maine, Massachusetts, Minnesota, North Carolina, Oklahoma, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, Vermont, and Virginia.
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Presidential primaries are party elections and caucuses to determine who the presidential nominee will be for each political party. They are held between January and June before the general election in November.
Officially, people who finish in second or third in the primaries don't win anything. However, these individuals are often picked to run with the winning candidate as vice-president.
In 1910, Oregon became the first state to establish a presidential preference primary, which requires delegates to the National Convention to support the winner of the primary at the convention. By 1912, twelve states either selected delegates in primaries, used a preferential primary, or both. By 1920 there were 20 states with primaries, but some went back, and from 1936 to 1968,12 states used them.No. The first presidential primary was not held in New York.