1. 42 Republicans
and 36 Democrats

2. Narrowing the Field Hagel Richardson Gore Giuliani Clinton Dodd
Thompson
Obama
McCain
Paul
T. Tompson
Edwards
Biden
Kucinich

3. Narrowing the Field 2012 Obama Rick Santorum Nwet Gingrich Mitt Romney
Ron Paul

4. Narrowing the Field
2016

5. Early Primaries and Caucuses Super Tuesday-2/5
All the Rest
2/9 Nebraska (33/31)
2/10 Maine (21/34)
2/12 District of Colombia (19/37)
2/12 Maryland (37/99)
2/12 Virginia (63/103)
2/19 Minnesota (41/88)
2/26 Hawaii (20/29)
3/4 Connecticut (30/61)
3/4 Massachusetts (43/121)
3/4 Ohio (88/161)
3/4 Rhode Island (20/132)
3/11 Mississippi (38/40)
3/11 Washington (40/97)
4 Alaska (29/18)
4/1 Kansas (39/40)
4/15 Colorado (46/)
4/22 Pennsylvania (74/181)
5/6 Indiana (57/79)
5/10 Wyoming (16/18)
5/20 Kentucky (45/55)
5/20 Oregon (30/62)
5/27 Idaho (32/
California (173 / 441)
6/3 Montana (25/23)
6/3 South Dakota (27/22)
Early Primaries and Caucuses
1/14 Iowa (41 / 45) Caucus
1/19 Nevada (34 / 25) Caucus
1/22 New Hampshire (24 / 22)
1/22 Wyoming (28 / 18)
1/29 Florida (114 / 185)
2/2 South Carolina (47 / 45)
Super Tuesday-2/5
Alabama (48 / 60)
Arizona (53 / 67)
Arkansas (34 / 47)
Delaware (18/23)
Georgia (72/104)
Illinois (70/185)
Michigan (61/157)
Missouri (58/88)
New Jersey (52/127)
New Mexico (32/38)
New York (101/280)
North Dakota (26/)
Oklahoma (42/47)
Tennessee (55/85)
Utah (36/29)
West Virginia (18/37)

6. Nominating Process Direct Primary (42 States)
New Hampshire - February
Direct Primary (42 States)
Election held within the party to pick the party’s candidates for the General Election
Closed Primary
Only Party members vote.
Open Primary
Voters can vote for any party.
As of 2011, California has open primaries
Iowa - Two weeks earlier
Caucus “Gathering of Neighbors) (8 States)
Local precincts meet to select candidates.
California - Change: March to February

7. January 3, 2008 to June 3, 2008
              
               
Clinton
Obama

8. 2010/2016

9. Romney
Santorum
Gingrich
Paul

10. National Convention Nomination
Apportionment of Delegates
* Each Party grants # of delegates as Electoral Votes
* Plus formulas that award bonus delegates
Republicans - 1,990
Democrats - 4,320
National Conventions
Nomination for President (Vice President? Balance the Ticket )
* Platform

11. The answer depends on the party
The answer depends on the party. Democrats will have approximately 712 superdelegates at their national convention. That’s out of a total of 4,051, meaning that superdelegates make up about 15 percent of the total delegates at play in the Democratic Party’s nominating process.
For Democrats, superdelegate status is given to all current Democratic governors, senators, and congressional representatives, as well as certain big-city mayors and state lawmakers. In addition, all former Democratic presidents, vice presidents, U.S. Senate leaders, and speakers of the House are superdelegates, as is President Obama. Lastly, members of the Democratic National Committee are superdelegates as well. All superdelegates can vote for whomever they want at the convention — that’s what makes them super!

12. National Conventions Purpose? Delegates (GOP – 1900/ Dem 4320)
Democrat – Denver (August)
Republican – Minneapolis (Sept)
Delegates