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Nomination
A official endorsement of a candidate for office by a political party.
"Political party"
Campaign Strategy
The master game plan candidates lay out to guide their electoral campaign.
Plans
National Party Convention
The supreme power within each of the parties. The convention meets every four years to nominate the President and Vice President and write the party's platform.
Meets every four years
Caucus
A meeting of all state party leaders for selecting delegates to the national party convention.
State party
Frontloading
Moving primary elections to an earlier date.
Earlier
"Super Tuesday"
Multiple states vote on the same day.
"Tuesday"
National Committee
State parties choose whether to download or not.
Republican National Committee and Democratic National Committee
What do you need to win an election?
1. Money
2. Media
3. Big Momentum: "Big Mo"
George HW. Bush created this word
What do you need at National Party Conventions?
1. Platform: Voted on to delegates
** Presidential elections have nothing to do with this.
2. Vice Presidential nominee: recommendation of the presidential candidate.
**Vetting: "Balancing the ticket" Investigative Journalism
3. Rally Point: Alternate Conventions
"Balancing the ticket"
Vetting
"Balancing the ticket" Investigative Journalism: Digging up secrets or private issues
Privacy is violated for the Vice Presidental candidate
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