nominate – to become selected as a candidate five ways to get nominated: self-announcement caucus
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Nominations & Elections
Nominate – to become selected as a candidate
Five ways to get nominated:1. Self-announcement2. Caucus3. Convention4. Direct primary5. Petition
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Nominations & Elections
Nominate – to become selected as a candidate
Five ways to get nominated:1. Self-announcement2. Caucus3. Convention4. Direct primary5. Petition
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Nominations & Elections
Back in the day . . .
How did political parties nominate
candidates for president?
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Nominations & Elections
In 1800, how did the Federalists and the Democratic-Republicans decide who their candidates would be?
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Nominations & Elections
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Nominations & Elections
Caucus – a meeting of a group of like-minded people• Practical – communication,
transportation• Closed• Unrepresentative
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Nominations & Elections
Criticism of the caucus system leads to . . . . . . conventions.
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Nominations & Elections
Convention – a meeting of specially selected people.• At first, appeared more
representative• Controlled by party bosses
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Nominations & Elections
1910 – Direct Primaries• Used to nominate state and national
candidates• Used to select delegates to national convention
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Nominations & Elections
Open Primary v. Closed Primary
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Nominations & Elections
Open Primary v. Closed Primary
Decide which primary (Democrat or Republican) on election day
Declare which primary (Democrat or Republican) when registering
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Nominations & Elections
Elections• Primarily run by states• Congress involved:
1. Set time and place of congressional elections2. Requires secret ballot3. Protect voting rights4. Laws against corruption5. Laws concerning financing
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Nominations & Elections
Elections• Automated voting
1. Lever-operated
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Nominations & Elections
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Nominations & Elections
Elections• Automated voting
1. Lever-operated2. Election data processing (EDP)
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Nominations & Elections
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Nominations & Elections
Elections• Automated voting
1. Lever-operated2. Election data processing (EDP)3. Direct response electronic voting
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Nominations & Elections
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Nominations & Elections
Campaigns and Money• Big ideas:
1. We don’t want money to influence elections2. We do want people to be able to support
candidates that they like (Supreme Court says money = speech / expression
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Nominations & Elections
Campaigns and Money• What do we do
1. Limit how much individuals / organizations can contribute
2. Require campaigns to report donations and expenditures
3. FEC to monitor federal elections4. Provide public funding
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Nominations & Elections
Campaigns and Money• Does it work?
1. No2. Hard money – given directly to a campaign
A. Closely tracked and reported3. Soft money – used INDIRECTLY to aid a
campaignA. Difficult to track and categorize