1. The Rent is Too Damn High Party

2. The Nominating Process

3. Self-Announcement Oldest form of the nominating process Small-town/rural levels Candidate simply announces their decision to run

4. Self Announcement Barack Obama Ronald Reagan

5. Caucus Group of like-minded people who meet to select the candidates they will support Legislative caucus—a meeting of a party’s members in the state legislature

6. Still used today for local nominations (New England) Iowa Caucus: Republican and Democratic Iowa Caucus

8. Convention Took the place of the caucus National Convention –Delegates select presidential and vice-presidential candidates Democratic Convention 2012 Republican Convention 2012

9. Direct Primary Held within a party to pick that party’s candidates for the general election Most states require its use to choose candidates

10. Closed Primary Only declared party members welcome!

11. Open Primary All qualified voters welcome!

12. Blanket Primary Listed every candidate on the same ballot

13. Nonpartisan Primary Candidates are not identified by party labels

14. Ohio’s Version We have a hybrid system

15. Petition Nominated by petitions signed by required number of qualified voters Minor party and Independent candidates

16. Which Primary is Best? Closed Primary Open Primary Blanket Primary Nonpartisan Primary Hybrid Primary

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