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Race for the White House, Part II: First in the Nation

Race for the White House, Part II: First in the Nation. Decision: 2012. Primaries and caucuses choose delegates to the national party conventions Delegates choose the party candidates or nominee Caucuses: people assemble in groups to support their candidate

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Race for the White House, Part II: First in the Nation

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  1. Race for the White House, Part II: First in the Nation

  2. Decision: 2012 • Primaries and caucuses choose delegates to the national party conventions • Delegates choose the party candidates or nominee • Caucuses: people assemble in groups to support their candidate • They try to sway others to join their group • Primaries: people vote for their favorite candidate

  3. Primary Elections • Two types of primaries: • Open Primaries: EVERYONE CAN VOTE!!! • Closed Primaries: ONLY party members can vote (registered Democrats vote in Democratic primaries, while Republicans vote in Republican primaries)

  4. First in the Nation • January: Iowa Caucuses and the New Hampshire Primaries • Iowa and New Hampshire are important for building momentum • They are the “first in the nation” primary and caucus elections • The problem with these states is that they aren’t representative of America • Other states HATE the fact that Iowa and New Hampshire always go first

  5. Frontloading and Compression • States like Florida and Michigan try to leapfrog Iowa and New Hampshire, who will move their primary earlier and earlier to stay first! • Frontloading: the act of a state moving its primary earlier and earlier in a calendar year • 1976: Primaries STARTED in February • 2008: The Republican primaries were OVER by March 2

  6. Frontloading and Compression • Compression: The act of states moving their primaries closer and closer together! Compression means primaries are generally over very fast! • 1976: Jimmy Carter won Iowa on January 27. New Hampshire: February 24 • 2000: Al Gore won Iowa on January 24. His second win came on February 1, then February 5, and then February 29 • 2004: John Kerry won Iowa on January 19. His second win came on January 27, then February 3, then February 7, 8, 10, 14, 17, 24, 26 and March 2 • 2008: 6 primaries in January and 23 by February 5!

  7. Super Tuesday • Super Tuesday: the date in which the most number of states hold primary elections. • This is the BEST opportunity to defeat your primary election opponents • Super Tuesday is the day where the most convention delegates can be won • Super Tuesday is MOST LIKELY the day Americans find out who the two candidates for president will be

  8. Thought on Life • Please respond to the following prompt in your civics notebook: • Many people argue that we should do away with primary elections and caucuses altogether and move to a national primary. Some people argue that Super Tuesday is already a de facto national primary. • Should we eliminate primary elections and have a national primary?

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