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SB CHAPTER 8: STEPS IN PRESIDENTIAL SELECTION (TS 3)
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I. NOMINATION BY POLITICAL PARTIES
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A. Feb. through June Selection of delegates by each party in each state using method 1, 2, or 3, determined by the state and party (SB 188 m, 198-199, 200 end-201 top)
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B. Aug (D) and Sept. (R) Choice of party nominee by convention delegates
from each state and |
C. November Popular vote in each state and choice of winning slate /or list of candidates for elector in each state and D.C. (SB 201 end-202) |
D. December Electors vote in each state capital and (SB 201-203) |
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1. Primary election – reform of the Progressive Movement (SB 188 m)
2. State convention – reform initiated by Andrew Jackson (SB 199 center)
3. Caucus – first method used (SB 199 m) |
National Presidential Nominating Convention (SB 201 top-center)
1. Rallies party activists 2. Writes platform [SB 176] 3. Selects nominee for vice president (chosen by the presidential nominee)--note Geraldine Ferraro and Joe Lieberman [SB 112 and 263]
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Voters from each state choose from among party nominees and independents, but actually are choosing among slates / lists of candidates for state & D.C. electors.(SB 201 end-202)
One elector for each House of Representatives member = 435 1 elector for each Senator = 100 3 electors for Total number of electors = 538
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Number of each state’s electors equals number of people
serving it in Congress.
(538 electors, divided by 2 plus 1 = majority of 270 required to select the President)
Note the possibility of the faithless elector
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Majority, plurality (also called winner-take-all or unit rule) or PR, decision rules, depending on the state and the party
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Majority decision rule |
Plurality decision rule (also called winner-take-all or unit rule) |
Majority decision rule --if no candidate receives a majority, the President is selected in January by one vote per state in the House of Representatives (SB 202) |