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Title: Selecting a President:


1
Selecting a President
  • Primaries Caucuses

2
Presidential Selection
  • Stage 1 Caucuses Primaries The Battle
    for the Party Faithful
  • Stage 2 Nominating Conventions
    Glorified Infomercials?
  • Stage 3 General Election
  • The Fight for the Center
  • Stage 4 Electoral College
  • Power to the People?

3
Stage 1 Caucuses
Barrack Obama campaigns in Iowa
  • Closed meeting of party members in each state
  • Delegates select the partys choice for
    presidential candidate
  • Currently, six states, including Nevada in 2008,
    offer party caucuses selecting presidential
    nominees.

4
Stage 1 Caucuses
Hilary Clinton (D) and Rudy Guilliani (R)
campaigning in Iowa
  • Questions for Discussion
  • The Iowa Caucus is on January 3, 2008. Why is it
    so important?
  • Brainstorm pros and cons to the caucus format.

5
Stage 1 Primaries
Presidential Primary Elections - special
elections in which voters select candidates to be
the partys nominee for president in the general
election.
  • Primary Season - January - June
  • Who Decides? - State party organizations for the
    most part decide the rules for the primaries in a
    particular state.
  • Types of Primaries
  • Closed Primaries
  • Open Primaries

Mitt Romney campaigning in New Hampshire
6
Closed Primary
  • Voters may vote in a party's primary only if they
    are registered members of that party

7
Open Primary
  • A registered voter may vote in any party primary
    regardless of his or her own party affiliation.

8
Methods of Selecting Presidential Delegates by
State
9
2008 Open Closed Primaries
10
Map of 2008 Primary Caucus Dates
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