PPT-The Election Process Primaries & Caucuses

Campaigning Voting Patterns Electoral College The Election Process Due to federalism some states have different laws governing the use of primaries or caucuses There is no unified federal law over this type of election. Inside this issue: Primaries, Caucuses and Conventions 1 Bookmark This 3 Elections Meeting Nov. 30 4 Electronic Poll - books 4 Minority Language Requirements Decline 5 One Big Number 5 Worth Noting lished as a chapter in Steven S. Smith and Melanie Springer, Reforming the Nominating Process (Brookings than the turnout in of the presidential primaries held in 2000 CS 271. 1. Election Algorithms. Many distributed algorithms need . one process to act as coordinator. Doesn’t matter which process does the job, just need to pick one. Election algorithms. : technique to pick a unique coordinator (aka . Charlotte Lawley . Development Manager . Agenda. The Electoral Cycle. Elections in Students’ Unions . The Returning Officer. Timescale . Getting Students to Stand . Nomination Process. Manifestos . http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O1fSvSbOEpM&list=PLA8BD7BD0B5456D37. Caucus. PRIMARY. NATIONAL CONVENTION. GENERAL ELECTION. ELECTORAL COLLEGE. White House. Tap into the Party Machine. Each state manages its own operations creating a decentralized and fragmented party system: . Vinay Kumar Madhadi. 09/23/2009. CSC-8320. Outline. Part 1 : Leader Election?. Part 2 : Different Design Topologies. Algorithms Used-Bully, Ring , Invitation . Recent Studies . 1/9/15. Unit 4: Campaigns, Elections ,and the Media. A Unit Review. Guided Questions to enter the Unit. What factors shape voter behavior?. Religion, ethnicity, gender, age, and social class all shape voter behavior.. The road to the White . House. EQ: How do we select our party candidates for the general election?. Overview. As . our country prepares for a presidential election, each state determines the process through which it will select delegates to send to the National Conventions. Each state’s political party committee establishes the rules by which the delegates will be selected. The rules and processes may change over time; however, the two systems in which voters primarily participate are the primary and caucus. Voters attend primaries and caucuses to select delegates to represent their state at their party’s convention. Delegates attend the conventions and cast their votes to determine their party’s candidate for President of the United States.. “If the Iowa caucuses meant anything, we’d all be talking about President Gephardt.” . — unidentified “county courthouse pundit.”. “Can I shovel your walk for you?” . — Former Gov. Howard Dean of Vermont, putting an arm around an undecided voter at a diner in 2004.. Reference guides for primaries. Connecticut State statutes. Instructions from SOTS office prior to a primary. State of Connecticut calendar for registrars. ROVAC handbook. Other registrars. Possible primaries. “. Elections in the United States. ”. How does a candidate get from this point… . … to this point? . …narrows the field of possible candidates for public office. . Why do political parties need to “narrow the field?”. 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. “. Elections in the United States. ”. Ch. 7, Sec. 1. How does a candidate get from this point… . … to this point? . Let’s illustrate why “narrowing the field” is important… . “$1,000 Bill example”. Melissa Reed . Oklahoma State University . Many people aspire to the be President of the United States but only a few people run for office . Campaigns usually start two years before the election . Often candidates will drop out for several reasons before the Republican and Democratic Presidential Candidate is selected.