THE ELECTION PROCESS
NOMINATING CANDIDATESFOR
PRESIDENT AND VP
PRIMARIES ARE HELD FROM FEBRUARY TO JUNE
PURPOSE IS TO CHOOSE THE ONE CANDIDATE A
PARTY WANTS TO REPRESENT THEM.
NOMINATING CONVENTIONS
EACH PARTY MEETS FOR FOUR OR FIVE DAYS IN EITHER LATE
JULY OR EARLY AUGUST
PURPOSE IS THREEFOLD
1. CHOOSE A PRES. CANDIDATE
2. CHOOSE A VP CANDIDATE
3. DISCLOSE THE PARTY PLATFORM
THE FALL CAMPAIGN
THE FALL CAMPAIGN
CAMPAIGNS RUN FROM THE END OF THE CONVENTION UNTIL THE 2ND TUESDAY IN NOVEMBER.
THEY INCLUDE:SPEECHESRALLIES
DEBATES TV ADS
NEWSPAPER ARTICLES
ELECTION DAY
2ND TUESDAY IN NOVEMBER
ELECTORAL COLLEGE
ELECTORAL COLLEGE
PEOPLE SELECTED IN EACH STATE WHO GATHER TO FORMALLY CAST THEIR BALLOTS FOR THE
PRESIDENT AND VICE PRESIDENT.
THE NUMBER OF ELECTORS IS EQUAL TO THE NUMBER OF REPRESENTATIVES A STATE HAS PLUS ITS TWO
SENATORS.
ELECTORS VOTE THE FIRST MONDAY AFTER THE THIRD WEDNESDAY IN DECEMBER.
ELECTORAL COLLEGE CONTINUED
THERE ARE 538 ELECTORAL VOTES AND IN ORDER TO WIN A CANDIDATE MUST GET AT LEAST 270.
UNUSUAL ELECTIONS
ELECTION OF 1800
THE VOTE WAS BROKEN BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.ELECTORAL VOTE WAS A TIE AT 73 VOTES.
THOMAS JEFFERSON
AARON BURR
JEFFERSON DECLARED WINNER BY H OF R
ELECTION OF 1824
DEFEAT OF THE MOST POPULAR CANDIDATE
CANDIDATE POPULAR VOTE ELECTORAL VOTEA. JACKSON 153.544 99
J. Q. ADAMS 108,740 84
W. CRAWFORD 46, 618 41
H. CLAY 47.136 37
ELECTION OF 1824