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Nominate – to become selected as a candidate Five ways to get nominated: Self-announcement Caucus

Nominate – to become selected as a candidate Five ways to get nominated: Self-announcement Caucus Convention Direct primary Petition. Nominate – to become selected as a candidate Five ways to get nominated: Self-announcement Caucus Convention Direct primary Petition.

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Nominate – to become selected as a candidate Five ways to get nominated: Self-announcement Caucus

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  1. Nominate – to become selected as a candidate • Five ways to get nominated: • Self-announcement • Caucus • Convention • Direct primary • Petition

  2. Nominate – to become selected as a candidate • Five ways to get nominated: • Self-announcement • Caucus • Convention • Direct primary • Petition

  3. Back in the day . . . How did political parties nominate candidates for president?

  4. In 1800, how did the Federalists and the Democratic-Republicans decide who their candidates would be?

  5. Caucus – a meeting of a group of like-minded people • Practical – communication, transportation • Closed • Unrepresentative

  6. Criticism of the caucus system leads to . . . . . . conventions.

  7. Convention – a meeting of specially selected people. • At first, appeared more representative • Controlled by party bosses

  8. 1910 – Direct Primaries • Used to nominate state and national candidates • Used to select • delegates to • national • convention

  9. Open Primary v. Closed Primary

  10. Open Primary v. Closed Primary Declare which primary (Democrat or Republican) when registering Decide which primary (Democrat or Republican) on election day

  11. Elections • Primarily run by states • Congress involved: • Set time and place of congressional elections • Requires secret ballot • Protect voting rights • Laws against corruption • Laws concerning financing

  12. Elections • Automated voting • Lever-operated

  13. Elections • Automated voting • Lever-operated • Election data processing (EDP)

  14. Elections • Automated voting • Lever-operated • Election data processing (EDP) • Direct response electronic voting

  15. Campaigns and Money • Big ideas: • We don’t want money to influence elections • We do want people to be able to support candidates that they like (Supreme Court says money = speech / expression

  16. Campaigns and Money • What do we do • Limit how much individuals / organizations can contribute • Require campaigns to report donations and expenditures • FEC to monitor federal elections • Provide public funding

  17. Campaigns and Money • Does it work? • No • Hard money – given directly to a campaign • Closely tracked and reported • Soft money – used INDIRECTLY to aid a campaign • Difficult to track and categorize

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