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Learn how candidates gain a party's nomination for President through factors like momentum, money, and media attention. Explore the significance of primaries and caucuses, the problems with the current system, and the exciting drama of national conventions. Discover the role of debates and the journey to election day.
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Nominations and Campaigns Chapter 7.3
How does a candidate gain a party’s nomination for President? • Nomination • Official endorsement of a candidate for office by a political party • Candidate chosen for a few reasons: • Momentum • Money • Media Attention
Are presidential campaigns too long? • Candidates for POTUS announce they are running office almost two years before the election! • Is this too long? • When did Barack Obama begin his campaign for POTUS?
What happens after everyone says they are running for POTUS? • We hold elections • 2 types: • Primary elections • State elections held before the Political parties national conventions • One goal = determine the candidates for each party! • **This takes place the year before the general election. • Caucuses • state representatives meet to vote on who their state will nominate for each political party.
Why do Primaries matter? • It eliminates weak competition. • Nomination game is an elimination contest • Goal is to win a majority of votes. • Whoever gets the most states to vote for them wins the party nomination!
How is the caucus different from the primary? • Competing for Delegates • The Caucus Road • Caucus: meetings of state party leaders for selecting delegates to the national convention • Not a public vote! Iowa is First However they go, so does the nation!
What are some problems with the primary and caucus system? • Disproportionate attention to early primaries • Iowa • New Hampshire • Money plays too big a role. • Participation in primaries and caucuses is low • 20% vote in primaries
So what happens after the primaries? • We are off to the Party conventions. • Held to nominate a candidate for each political party. • National conventions provide great drama. • Significant rallying point for parties • Presidential nominee gives rallying speech. • Talks about party platform • Party’s position on issues of the day.
