Democratic primaries

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United States electoral process intra-party elections primary elections

Democratic primaries are state-level elections in which registered Democrats (and sometimes independents) vote to choose their party’s nominee for offices such as the U.S. presidency.

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All labels observed (5)

Label	Occurrences
Democratic Party presidential primaries	3
Democratic Party presidential nomination system	1
Democratic Party presidential nominations	1
Democratic Party primary elections in Texas	1
Democratic primaries canonical	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1430898 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Democratic primaries
Context triple: [Democratic caucuses, relatedTo, Democratic primaries]

A. California Democratic primaries
California Democratic primaries are state-level contests in which Democratic Party voters in California select their preferred candidates for the U.S. presidency and other party nominations.
B. Democratic caucuses
Democratic caucuses are local party meetings in which registered Democrats gather to discuss and select their preferred candidates and delegates for the presidential nomination process.
C. Democratic Party presidential primaries, 2008
The Democratic Party presidential primaries of 2008 were the nationwide series of state contests in which Barack Obama defeated Hillary Clinton to secure the party’s nomination for the U.S. presidency.
D. Democratic Party presidential primaries, 1980
The 1980 Democratic Party presidential primaries were the intraparty contests in which incumbent President Jimmy Carter faced a major challenge from Senator Edward M. Kennedy for the Democratic nomination.
E. Democratic National Convention
The Democratic National Convention is the quadrennial gathering where the U.S. Democratic Party formally selects its presidential and vice-presidential nominees and adopts the party platform.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Democratic primaries
Target entity description: Democratic primaries are state-level elections in which registered Democrats (and sometimes independents) vote to choose their party’s nominee for offices such as the U.S. presidency.

A. California Democratic primaries
California Democratic primaries are state-level contests in which Democratic Party voters in California select their preferred candidates for the U.S. presidency and other party nominations.
B. Democratic caucuses
Democratic caucuses are local party meetings in which registered Democrats gather to discuss and select their preferred candidates and delegates for the presidential nomination process.
C. Democratic Party presidential primaries, 2008
The Democratic Party presidential primaries of 2008 were the nationwide series of state contests in which Barack Obama defeated Hillary Clinton to secure the party’s nomination for the U.S. presidency.
D. Democratic Party presidential primaries, 1980
The 1980 Democratic Party presidential primaries were the intraparty contests in which incumbent President Jimmy Carter faced a major challenge from Senator Edward M. Kennedy for the Democratic nomination.
E. Democratic National Convention
The Democratic National Convention is the quadrennial gathering where the U.S. Democratic Party formally selects its presidential and vice-presidential nominees and adopts the party platform.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	United States electoral process ⓘ intra-party elections ⓘ primary elections ⓘ
associatedWith	Democratic National Committee ⓘ
country	United States ⓘ linked to: United States of America
dependsOn	state election laws ⓘ
electorateIncludes	registered Democrats ⓘ
electorateMayInclude	independent voters ⓘ unaffiliated voters ⓘ
expandedSignificantlyAfter	1968 Democratic National Convention reforms ⓘ
feature	campaigns by Democratic candidates ⓘ party debates ⓘ secret ballot voting ⓘ
followedBy	general elections ⓘ
frequency	every election cycle for the relevant office ⓘ
governedBy	Democratic Party delegate selection rules ⓘ
hasType	closed primary ⓘ jungle primary (in some jurisdictions) ⓘ open primary ⓘ semi-closed primary ⓘ semi-open primary ⓘ
historicalPrecursor	party caucuses ⓘ
impact	ideological balance within the Democratic Party ⓘ party platform direction ⓘ
includes	New Hampshire Democratic primary ⓘ South Carolina Democratic primary ⓘ Super Tuesday Democratic primaries ⓘ linked to: Super Tuesday, 2008
involves	allocation of delegates ⓘ
legalBasis	party rules ⓘ state statutes ⓘ
mediaCoverage	national news organizations ⓘ
oftenInclude	early voting ⓘ mail-in ballots ⓘ voter registration deadlines ⓘ
organizedBy	Democratic Party (United States) ⓘ linked to: Democratic Party
partOf	United States primary election system ⓘ
precedes	Democratic Party nominating conventions ⓘ linked to: Democratic National Convention
purpose	select Democratic Party nominees for public office ⓘ
relatedTo	Republican primaries ⓘ
resultIn	nomination of Democratic candidates ⓘ
startTypically	early election year calendar ⓘ
subjectTo	campaign finance regulations ⓘ
usedFor	selection of Democratic congressional nominees ⓘ selection of Democratic gubernatorial nominees ⓘ selection of Democratic presidential nominee ⓘ selection of Democratic state and local nominees ⓘ
uses	pledged delegates ⓘ unpledged party leader and elected official delegates (superdelegates) in some years ⓘ
variesBy	state ⓘ

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