I look forward to working with you in the upcoming presidential election. We will share many great successes together on the path to the nomination and the White House.
Section One: The Nomination
I know that you’ve been through the nomination process before with your husband Bill Clinton and with your last attempt for the nomination, but it will obviously be different this year because you’re polling so incredibly high, and you are the Democratic front runner! In this section, I’ll remind you how the nomination process operates (including primary elections, caucuses, and polling), who is most likely to vote for you, and two issues you’ll need to emphasize to ensure that you win the Democratic nomination.
The first step in the nomination process is announcing that you are running for your party’s endorsement. You have already completed this step. The next step is the “invisible primary,” which is also called the “Money Primary,” because the candidates spend most of their time raising money in order to show political strength. In this type of primary, the candidate seeks support of elected officials and works to create a positive media image. The third step encompasses the primaries and the caucuses (Edwards 293). These …show more content…
There are two main types of primaries: open and closed. In closed primaries, only a registered voter can vote for the party with which he is affiliated, whereas in open primaries, registered voters can vote regardless of party affiliation. Voters cannot participate in more than one primary (The Voter's Self Defense System). In order to win your party’s nomination in the primaries, you will need to get the majority of Democratic votes in the closed primaries, as well as striving for both the independent and Democratic votes in the open
Section One: The Nomination
I know that you’ve been through the nomination process before with your husband Bill Clinton and with your last attempt for the nomination, but it will obviously be different this year because you’re polling so incredibly high, and you are the Democratic front runner! In this section, I’ll remind you how the nomination process operates (including primary elections, caucuses, and polling), who is most likely to vote for you, and two issues you’ll need to emphasize to ensure that you win the Democratic nomination.
The first step in the nomination process is announcing that you are running for your party’s endorsement. You have already completed this step. The next step is the “invisible primary,” which is also called the “Money Primary,” because the candidates spend most of their time raising money in order to show political strength. In this type of primary, the candidate seeks support of elected officials and works to create a positive media image. The third step encompasses the primaries and the caucuses (Edwards 293). These …show more content…
There are two main types of primaries: open and closed. In closed primaries, only a registered voter can vote for the party with which he is affiliated, whereas in open primaries, registered voters can vote regardless of party affiliation. Voters cannot participate in more than one primary (The Voter's Self Defense System). In order to win your party’s nomination in the primaries, you will need to get the majority of Democratic votes in the closed primaries, as well as striving for both the independent and Democratic votes in the open