Selecting a President Nominating Conventions Presidential Selection Stage

Presidential Selection Stage 1: Caucuses & Primaries Stage 2: Nominating Conventions Stage 3: General

Presidential Nominating Conventions: The Nuts & Bolts Barack and Michelle Obama at the 2004

Nominating Conventions • An assembly held by political parties every four years • Usually

Purposes of Nominating Conventions 1980 Republican National Convention in Detroit, Michigan 1. Delegates at

What’s a Party Platform? • Party Platform - a statement of principles and objectives

2004 Platform Themes Democratic Party: “Strong at Home, Respected in the World” Republican Party:

Who are Delegates? Delegate - A voting representative to the party nominating convention

Delegate Selection Proportional System v Primary system used by the Democratic Party v Candidates

Schwarzenegger Rocks Republican Convention By Patrick Chappatte, The International Herald Tribune 09/21/2004 http: //www.

2008 -- The Final Three By Paresh Nath, National Herald, New Delhi, India 3/17/08

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Selecting a President: Nominating Conventions

Presidential Selection Stage 1: Caucuses & Primaries Stage 2: Nominating Conventions Stage 3: General Election Stage 4: Electoral College

Presidential Nominating Conventions: The Nuts & Bolts Barack and Michelle Obama at the 2004 Democratic National Convention

Nominating Conventions • An assembly held by political parties every four years • Usually held in late summer before the general election in November • The Democratic and Republican parties hold nominating conventions as do third parties [ex: Green Party, Libertarian Party] George W. and Laura Bush at the 2000 Republican Convention

Purposes of Nominating Conventions 1980 Republican National Convention in Detroit, Michigan 1. Delegates at the convention adopt a party platform. 2. Delegates to the convention elect that party’s nominees for President and Vice-president.

What’s a Party Platform? • Party Platform - a statement of principles and objectives a political party and a candidate supports in order to win the general election. • Plank - Individual topics in a party’s platform (ex: abortion, war in Iraq) Cartoon satirizing the 1896 Democratic Party Platform

2004 Platform Themes Democratic Party: “Strong at Home, Respected in the World” Republican Party: “A Safer World and a More Hopeful America” How are these themes similar? Different?

Who are Delegates? Delegate - A voting representative to the party nominating convention

Delegate Selection Proportional System v Primary system used by the Democratic Party v Candidates are allocated the same percentage of a state’s delegates as they received in popular votes v Pro’s & con’s of the proportional system? Winner-take-all System v System used in most Republican primaries v The winner of the popular vote in that state receives all that state’s delegates v Pro’s & con’s of the winner-take-all system?

Schwarzenegger Rocks Republican Convention By Patrick Chappatte, The International Herald Tribune 09/21/2004 http: //www. politicalcartoons. com/

2008 -- The Final Three By Paresh Nath, National Herald, New Delhi, India 3/17/08 http: //cagle. msnbc. com