Maggoty , 1 month ago

To participate in the party’s election of a candidate. So you select a candidate within the party and then select the winner from the candidates each party selected.

Technically you don’t have to be affiliated to run for office. But once you’re talking about federal offices that route is functionally restricted to billionaires. And voters who are unaffiliated just don’t get the first round of voting. So it’s highly incentivized to affiliate.