Presidential Nominations

Constitution makes no provision for the nominating of Presidential candidates

Major parties turned to the national convention as their presidential nominating device in 1832

National Party Committee makes the arrangements for the party’s convention

The National Committee tells the party’s state organization how many delegates they may send to the national gathering

Picking Delegates: Two Methods

Primary Elections

Caucus

Two strategies used within states to allocate delegates to candidates

Winner Take All

Proportional

The Framers wrestled with the question of how the President should be elected

Congress? Popular Vote?

The Framers settled upon an independent body they called the

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