POLS 1336 Lecture Notes - Lecture 10: Hubert Humphrey, Eugene Mccarthy, Tactical Voting

• School: University of Houston
• Department: Political Science
• Course: POLS 1336
• Professor: Cole Jeffrey

Document Summary

Selecting the us president: article ii only talks about electoral college, us president was not predicted to be the leader of the free world. Presidential nomination process: candidate has to win two elections, primaries or caucuses, to select delegates to attend the parties" national conventions. Initially limited to state/local contest, but became presidential contests: general election. Before primaries invisible primary: start by the end of previous midterm elections, democratic and republican candidates have their own intra-party debates before primary/caucus begins. 1968 democratic national convention: eugene mccarthy had won most primaries, super-delegates voted for hubert humphrey, mcgoven-fraser commission institutes reforms which (unintentionally) allowed the iowa caucuse to gain influence. Iowa has layered caucuses initial contests in precincts: county caucuses, congressional district caucuses, statewide convention, mcgoven-fraser commission requires greater transparency n delegate selection, which means that delegates can"t get selected more than a year before the convention.