1. Nominations

2. Nomination The official endorsement of a candidate for office by a political party. The campaign strategy is a set plan the the candidates base their campaign off of. Nomination Campaign Strategy

3. Declaring to Run ● Presidential Candidate need to either announce their campaign or be an open secret 1 year prior to the election before the election.

4. The nomination Game National Party Convention – The supreme power within each party. Super-delegates – Party leaders automatically get delegate slot at national party convention. Caucus - A system for selecting convention delegates used in about a dozen mostly rural states in which voters must show up at a set time and attend an open meeting to express their presidential preference.

5. Primarys ● Voters vote for the candidate they wish to be the party presidential nominee ● The tenancy of states to hold primaries early to capitalize on media attention. Frontloading

6. The Primary and Caucus System ● The media is strengthened and more focus is put on money

7. Next Steps of Action ● Explain the steps that now need to be taken

8. Questions

9. The Democratic and Republican candidates for president are formally nominated by the a.presidential caucuses. b.presidential primaries. c.electoral College. d.national party conventions. e.national committees.

10. A nomination refers to a(n) a.media event in the course of a presidential election. b.highpoint of public opinion in support of a particular candidate. c.party’s official selection of a candidate to run for office. d.monetary campaign contribution. e.endorsement of elite press, such as the New York Times.