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Campaigning and Fundraising
Campaigning involves the candidates participateing in pre-primary and pre-electiondebates. They also advertise on the internet using ads and slogans.
Fundraising can be very expensive-in the '04 election $1.2 Billion was spent in the presidential race. -
Primaries and Caucuses Cont.
Semi-Open Primary: Allow all registered people of political parties to vote, but they can only vote in one primary.
Run off Primary: Ballots arent restricted to anybody, and the two main candidates who get the mot votes move on to the general election, regardless of their political affiliation.
Blanket Primary: voters can pick one candidate per primary -
Caucuses and Primaries
Caucus: Voters listen to speeches and debates. Takes up a lot of time. Citizens deliver speeches on behalf of candidates. An informal vote count is taken and delegates are chosen for the national convention.
Open Primary: voters can vote on a ballot of any party
Closed Primary: Voters are limited depending on what party they're affiliated with.
Semi-Closed Primary: registered voters can only vote for who they're registered with, everyone else can vote freely. -
Political Party Conventions
National Convention: Delegates attend to cast their votes for a candidate and the one with majority of votes wins. VP candidates are nominated here as well.
Republican Party Convention: 2,439 delegates. 662 unpledged
Democratic Party Convention: 3,515 delegates. 852 unpledged -
Election Day
-First Tuesday in November
-Register
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Electoral College
-When you go to vote, you're voting for a slate of electors
-Electors gather in their state to cast their votes for President and Vice President
-Congress then meets in a joint session to count the electoral votes.
