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Nominations & Elections Nominate – to become selected as a candidate Five ways to get nominated: 1.Self-announcement 2.Caucus 3.Convention 4.Direct primary 5.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

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

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Caucus – a meeting of a group of like-minded people• Practical – communication,

transportation• Closed• Unrepresentative

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

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Convention – a meeting of specially selected people.• At first, appeared more

representative• Controlled by party bosses

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1910 – Direct Primaries• Used to nominate state and national

candidates• Used to select delegates to national convention

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Open Primary v. Closed Primary

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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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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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Elections• Automated voting

1. Lever-operated

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Elections• Automated voting

1. Lever-operated2. Election data processing (EDP)

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Elections• Automated voting

1. Lever-operated2. Election data processing (EDP)3. Direct response electronic voting

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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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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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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