Candidate Selection Procedure in The United States and The European Union - Restricted Primary Systems

Restricted Primary Systems

This type of system where party members are allowed to voice their opinion regarding candidates is now widespread in Europe. In the United Kingdom the Conservative Party and the Labour Party of the UK also uses this type of system. For the election of constituency candidates in both cases, the local branches can vote on a central list of members and many constituencies hold selections where the candidates assemble in a hall and present themselves and are then voted upon by the members present. Nevertheless, it is important to point out that the nominations for candidates is open to members in many EU states such as the UK, Sweden, Ireland and the Netherlands but the system is subject in all cases to veto and approval by higher party bodies.

There is a wide spectrum of selection procedures that all come from the simple emergence system of Cartel parties to the fully open system of Primary election systems of the US. This spectrum also mirrors the level of party coherence and full primary systems would be found unmanageable in systems where this is essential as the Spanish example demonstrates.

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