Vote

Voting Process

  • Campaign

    Campaign

    -Debates (pre-primary and pre-election)
    -sponsered by Commission on Presidential Debates
  • Caucuses and Primaries

    Caucuses and Primaries

    Primary: citizens come to vote (like general election)
    Caucus: state officials have a meeting (like a town hall meeting)
  • Political Party Conventions

    Political Party Conventions

    -nominate candidates
  • Election Day

    Election Day

    Vote!
    -citizens don't have to be enrolled in a party to vote in the presidential election to vote!
  • Vote of Electoral College

    Vote of Electoral College

    citizens don't vote for president, they vote for ellectors to vote for their favorite candidate
    -electors gather in state capital to cast their votes that are counted by congress