POL 201 Lecture Notes - Lecture 15: Protest Vote, Fourteenth Amendment To The United States Constitution, Twentieth Amendment To The United States Constitution

• School: University of Miami
• Department: Political Science
• Course: POL 201
• Professor: Sylvia Thompson

Document Summary

Went from party leaders to party leaders and activists at a convention deciding who will run. State political party held a party primary to get feedback who people wanted to nominate as president. Presidential preference primary- don"t have to be that interested in government, just say you"re affiliated with a party and you can vote in primary. Guidance to party leaders: some states have open primaries (includes independents) People now have a role in elections when they did not originally. Step 1 january-june (made up by the parties) Each state democratic and republican party will have party primary or caucus. Vote to tell state party who you want to run for president. Caucus (only for presidential race) party meeting. Republicans spread out around 6 months, republican leadership is trying to figure out which candidate should be sent to party convention. Nominate one of their own to be a republican party nominee for president and vp.