In State XYZ, all candidates for an office are placed on a primary ballot regardless of party. For example, the list could include three Democrats and two Republicans. The top two finishers face one another in the general election, even if they represent the same political party. What sort of primary is this

Top-Two Primaries

Explanation:

Top-Two Primaries are a type of state primary in which all aspiring candidates are listed on the same ballot, regardless of party affiliaton, and also regardless on whether there are more Republican candidates or more Democratic candidates. In this type of primary, as the name implies, the two candidates with the most votes are elected to face each other on a final runoff.

Washington and California are examples of states that have Top-Two primaries.

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the earth’s crust is broken into separate pieces called tectonic plates (fig. 7.14). recall that the crust is the solid, rocky, outer shell of the planet. it is composed of two distinctly different types of material: the less-dense continental crust and the more-dense oceanic crust. both types of crust rest atop solid, upper mantle material. the upper mantle, in turn, floats on a denser layer of lower mantle that is much like thick molten tar.

each tectonic plate is free-floating and can move independently. earthquakes and volcanoes are the direct result of the movement of tectonic plates at fault lines. the term fault is used to describe the boundary between tectonic plates. most of the earthquakes and volcanoes around the pacific ocean basin—a pattern known as the “ring of fire”—are due to the movement of tectonic plates in this region. other observable results of short-term plate movement include the gradual widening of the great rift lakes in eastern africa and the rising of the himalayan mountain range. the motion of plates can be described in four general patterns:

collision: when two continental plates are shoved together

subduction: when one plate plunges beneath another (fig. 7.15)

spreading: when two plates are pushed apart (fig. 7.15)

transform faulting: when two plates slide past each other (fig. 7.15)