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Elections Presidential Primaries Convention

 Candidates compete for popular votes & delegates  Results can impact the selection of delegates to the national convention

Primary Election -voters decide (secret ballot) on which party candidate will represent the party. [PA] Caucus -group like-minded meet to select candidate for upcoming election – policy proposals -Used to be most common

States with Caucuses IA, NV, MN, CO, HI, ME, KS, WY, AK, ND What generalizations can you make? ID, WA, FL caucuses and primaries

 Purpose of Primaries  Open nomination process to ordinary party members  weakens influence of party bosses  Use to be party elites selected candidates  Sometimes called beauty contests

History of Primaries  Wisconsin 1903  1968 less than 20 primaries  Chicago National Convention - riots  HH Humphrey nominated w/o primary wins  Selected by LBJ

 Reforms:  McGovern-Fraser Commission  Party delegates selected by voters  Delegates not selected by party elite  1984  Special consideration given to party faithful  Superdelegates  Unpledged delegates

Types of Primaries  Closed – PA & 26 states  Open – 17 states  Blanket – 3 states  Proportional Representation  Runoff  Nonpartisan – non-pres.

 Front-Loading  2005 – Carter Commission  Iowa and NH 1 st  Regional primaries  2008 primaries – rules defied

Super Tuesday  March 1 st 2016 – 24 states

National Convention  2016 Republican  July  Cleveland, OH (Tampa,FL)  2016 Democratic  July  Phila. (Charlotte, NC) election/conventions/

Funded by grants from Presidential election campaign fund $3 income tax check-off presidents/presidential- elections/videos/primaries-caucuses-and- conventions#

 National Pep Rallies  Party unity to public  Party intrigue behind the scenes  Purpose  Announce candidates  Announce platform

 Media events  Brokered conventions  Not enough delegates  2008 Clinton/Obama  1960 LBJ/Stevenson/Kennedy

 “a fiesta, a carnival, a hog- rooting, horse-snorting, band- playing, voice screaming medieval get together of greed, practical lust, conciliation of rabble-rousers, fist fights, embraces, drunks and collective rivers of animal sweat.” Norman Mailer 1976

Changes  Convention Chairmen  Present stage-managed event - choreographed  Free from scandal  Media friendly  Total party unity presented