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Campaigning and Fundraising
Each candidates will participate in a debate before the primary and before the election itself. To gain support, candidates raise money for their campaigns. -
Caucuses and Primaries
In this step, the political parties hold separate meetings to nominate their candidates, which are known as caucuses. In this type, voters will listen to speeches and debates. The parties might also hold primaries where the candidates fight for the party's nomination. Here, voters show up to polls to vote for their choice. -
Six Types of Primaries
- Open: In this, voters can vote in any party's primaries, despite their party affiliation, but only for that party.
- Closed: Only registered voters who are part of a party can cast their votes in polls for that primary.
- Semi-Closed: It allows both affiliaed and unaffilaited voters to cast ballots for their candidate of choice. 4.Semi-Open: In this type, voters don't have to publicly declare which party's primary they will vote in.
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Six Types Cont.
- Blanket: Voters can choose candidates for each party's office, despite their party affiliation.
- Runoff: Voting for candidates isn't restricted to one party. Instead, the top two candidates go on to the general election, despite what party they're apart of.
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Political Party Conventions
In a political party convention, each party formally nominates their candidates for president and vice president for the election. First, the delegates cast their votes for a cvandidate. The candidate who wins the majority gets the nomination from the party. Then, the presidential nominee choose his vice president nominee. -
Election Day
This is the day when thye people get to vote who they want to take office. -
Vote for the Electoral College
The electors for each state meet at their capital to cast the votes for the President and Vice President. Congress then meet to count the electoral votes to determine who won.
