Running For President Flashcards
What are the three stages of running for president?
Stage #1: Nomination
Stage #2 National Party Convention
Stage #3: The general election
What is the invisible primary?
Period in the campaign where candidates try to line up supporters to win caucuses or primaries and raise money for nomination effort.
Are candidates more likely to decline or accept federal matching funds? Why?
Decline
Limits total amount they can raise, less flexible.
How are possible candidates elected in primaries?
People vote for their candidate, and delegates are chosen to represent the state at a National Convention.
What are methods for determining delegates?
Proportional Representation
Winner take all
Superdelegates and delegate selection without commitment
Delegate selection and separate presidential poll
Which party uses proportional representation to choose delegates?
Democratic Party
What is front loading?
Process of states moving up their primaries.
What are 4 campaign techniques?
Don’t make a mistake after you win the state
Run to the middle (people who are more moderate within party)
Appeal to swing states, purple states (up for grabs states)
Run aggressive attack ads
Who votes for vice president?
Presidential nominee
How do you run for president without the primaries and conventions?
Nomination by petition
What do presidential nominees do between the period of the general election and national conventions?
Heavily campaign and advertise.
Who sponsors and produces the presidential and vice presidential general election debates?
The non-partisan Commission on Presidential Debates
How are minor parties included in presidential debate?
Have an average of 15% or higher in five major polls commission uses for this purpose.
What are four things we can do to improve elections?
Reform campaign finance
Reform nominating process
Reform electoral college
When does the president elect the vice president?
At National Conventions
