1. Winning Office
-Elections have two important parts
-Nomination Process
-Campaigning

2. Nominating Process
-Caucus
-a meeting of party leaders to name candidates
-Convention
-meeting of party representatives (delegates) to name candidates
-Primary Elections
-special election held by party members to determine candidates

3. Primary Elections
-Open Primary
-primary where any voter can help chose candidates
-Closed Primary
-primary where only party members are allowed to vote
-Closed are most often used to protect the party’s nominees

4. Presidential Candidates
-selected by a combination of all three nominating processes
-caucuses
-primaries
-National convention

5. Endorsements
-using a famous person to support a candidate

6. Advertising
-using the media to campaign
-primary method of campaigning
-negative advertising

8. Canvassing
-person to person campaigning
-”campaign trail”

9. Other Methods
-symbolism
-generalizations
-bandwagon

10. Public Funding
-Presidential Candidates get government funding for their campaigns
-equal funding
-Party can spend extra on behalf of candidates

11. Private Funding
-private funding is limited in most cases
-candidate can spend any amount of their own money
-individuals can donate $1,000
-PAC-$5,000
-campaign finance reform