Primaries and Caucuses

January 23, 2018 | Author: Anonymous | Category: Social Science, Political Science, American Politics
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Friday November 8, 2013 • OBJ: SWBAT understand the primary/caucus system and evaluate which is better and why? • Drill: What does the word delegate mean? • Homework: Read Wilson 250-266 Complete review questions for Tuesday. You may work with 1 other person, that persons name MUST appear on your sheet (separate sheets) ALL DUE TUESDAY

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• House Cleaning: Let’s put this delegate thing to rest… (10 minutes tops) • Review primary/caucus steps • Discuss articles • Spectrum • Wrap Up

Selecting a President 2012:

Primaries & Caucuses

Presidential Selection  Stage 1: Caucuses & Primaries

The Battle for the Party Faithful

 Stage 2: Nominating Conventions “Glorified Infomercials?”

 Stage 3: General Election The Fight for the Center

 Stage 4: Electoral College Power to the People?

Stage 1: Caucuses

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Closed meeting of party members in each state Delegates select the party’s choice for presidential candidate Currently, six states offer party caucuses selecting presidential nominees.

Stage 1: Caucuses

Rick Santorum and Ron Paul campaign for Iowa.

Questions for Discussion: 1. The Iowa Caucus is on January 3, 2012. Why is it so important? 2. Brainstorm pros and cons to the caucus format.

Stage 1: Primaries Presidential Primary Elections - special elections in which voters select candidates to be the party’s nominee for president in the general election.  Primary Season January - June  Who Decides? - State party organizations for the most part decide the rules for the primaries in a particular state.

 Types of Primaries:  Closed Primaries  Open Primaries Mitt Romney campaigning in New Hampshire

Closed Primary • Voters may vote in a party's primary only if they are registered members of that party

Open Primary • A registered voter may vote in any party primary regardless of his or her own party affiliation.

The Presidential Nomination Process Used By The Republican and Democratic Parties. With a few differences, which we will highlight, the Republican and Democratic parties use a very similar method in nominating its presidential candidates. In short, the fight for the Democratic or Republican Presidential Nomination is a fight for their party’s: To their party’s NATIONAL NOMINATING CONVENTION.

This Map Shows How Many Delegates Each State or Area Was Given To The 2008 Democratic and Republican National Conventions

DISTRIBUTING DELEGATES After the parties have “distributed” its delegates to each state, the next step in the nomination process is when each state decides what method they are going to use to decide which candidate receive the delegates from theirto state. There are twowill basic methods used by the states “distribute” the delegates they have been assigned. Those Delegate Distribution Contest Type two methods are: 1) The Primary Election and, 2)ByThe Technically, it is the state For The 2008 Presidential Election (Fifty States & District of Columbia) Presidential Caucus. legislature of each state that decide which method to use. In many states the real decision is made by the parties in that state. (ie. Some states let each party use a different method)

ELECTION

CAUCUS, 10, 20%

CAUCUS BOTH

BOTH, 4, 8%

The graph to the right shows you how many states use each of the ELECTION, 37, 72% different methods. Notice that four states use both methods. Which means one party uses the primaryelection and one party uses the caucus.

A PRIMARY ELECTION works very simply. An individual goes to his/her polling location an requests the ballot of one of the parties holding a primary in his/her state. He/she takes the ballot into a private booth, fills out the ballot and places the completed ballot into the ballot box. This process is almost exactly what most people think of when we think of VOTING. There are three (3) major types of primaries used in the United The simplicity thisdifference process makes it the States, with the of major being how areprominent TRULY method used in thevoters Presidential process. Intypes the 2008 INDEPENDENT treated.Primary The three (3) major of Presidential Election 37 of the 51 state/District, or 72%, primaries are: primary contests were conducted in this way. 1) Closed 2) Open

Map of 2012 Primary & Caucus Dates

States with split colors have different systems for Democrats and Republicans. The color on the left represents the Democratic method, the color on the right represents the Republican method. www.centerforpolitics.org

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What advantage does the democratic party have in the 2012 election process?

Pair Up With a Different Article Discuss the main ideas with your partner. Did you agree with the author, why or why not?

I agree, disagree, not sure • That Caucuses are more representative than primaries

I agree, disagree, not sure

• Primaries have the potential to breed corruption in the political process

I agree, disagree, not sure • Political Parties should nationalize their nomination process

I agree, disagree, not sure • That Caucuses take to much time and primaries serve the same purpose

Wrap Up • Write a response 5 sentences telling me which nomination process is better in your opinion. Use specific examples

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