The following is a breakdown of the general types of primary elections with an explanation of the Constitutional principles that apply to each system's components.

A movement began at a kitchen table in San Diego.

Soon, a handful of PTA moms and dads became a grassroots faction and founded a nonprofit called San Diego United Parent for Education, or UPforEd. Parent activism in San Diego schools is uprooting and challenging the status quo in California's second largest school district.

Monday, October 22, is the deadline to register to vote in California for the November 6th general election. Recent legislation has made registering to vote in California more accessible since the passage of a 2011 bill that opened up registration to voters online.

It is no secret that partisanship is more polarized than ever. From local politics to the Senators in Washington D.C., the barriers to policy making have been bolstered by this extreme partisanship. Here is a list of the top five most partisan Democrats in the Senate.

In the political context, a partisan is a committed member of a political party, one who psychologically identifies with a particular political group or party. A partisan in a multi-party system connotes complete or overwhelming support for party policies, reluctant to bridge space with political opponents.