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Nominating Candidates

Nominating Candidates. Chp. 16 Section 3 Pg. 464. How to get a nomination. Candidates are nominated in 4 ways: 1. caucus 2. nominating convention 3. primary election 4. petition. Caucuses. Private meetings of party leaders to choose candidates for office.

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Nominating Candidates

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  1. Nominating Candidates Chp. 16 Section 3 Pg. 464

  2. How to get a nomination • Candidates are nominated in 4 ways: • 1. caucus • 2. nominating convention • 3. primary election • 4. petition

  3. Caucuses • Private meetings of party leaders to choose candidates for office. • Was criticized as being undemocratic because most people had no say in selecting the candidates • Nineteen states still use caucuses today.

  4. Nominating Conventions • An official public meeting of a party to choose candidates for office. Party bosses took control so people turned to primaries.

  5. Primary Elections • Method most commonly used today. • Hold a direct primary where an election is held in which party members select people to run in the general election. • Two types of primaries • Open – all voters may participate • Closed – only party members can vote • If no one gets a plurality of votes a run off primary is held.

  6. Petition • A person announces his candidacy and files petitions that a specified number of voters have signed in order to be placed on the ballot. • Some states require all candidates to file petitions.

  7. Presidential Nominations • Task of the delegates is at convention is to select a ticket • Candidates for president and vice president • Winner take all primaries– the person getting the most votes gets all the delegates • Proportional representation – delegates must represent candidates in proportion to the votes received.

  8. Platforms • Another task of the convention delegates is to choose a platform committee. • Platform committee sets the platform that the candidates will support • Platform is a statement of its principles, beliefs and positions on vital issues

  9. Vice Presidential Candidate • Picking a vice president normally happens on the last day of the convention • Usually the Presidential candidate chooses a running mate and the convention nominates him. • Balance the ticket – sometimes a candidate is chosen to even out the personal, political and geographic background of the Presidential candidate in order to attractive a wider number of voters.

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