THE ELECTION PROCESS
NOMINATING CANDIDATES
FOR
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:
SPEECHES
RALLIES
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.
THOMAS
JEFFERSON
UNUSUAL ELECTIONS
ELECTION OF 1800
THE VOTE WAS BROKEN BY THE
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.
ELECTORAL VOTE WAS A TIE AT 73
AARON BURR
VOTES.
JEFFERSON DECLARED WINNER BY H OF R
ELECTION OF 1824
DEFEAT OF THE MOST POPULAR CANDIDATE
CANDIDATE
POPULAR VOTE
ELECTORAL VOTE
A. JACKSON
153.544
99
J. Q. ADAMS
108,740
84
W. CRAWFORD
46, 618
41
H. CLAY
47.136
37
ELECTION OF 1824