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What is . . . . The Republican Candidates. Ron Paul Rick Santorum Mitt Romney Newt Gingrich. Super Tuesday .

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  1. What is . . .

  2. The Republican Candidates Ron Paul Rick Santorum Mitt Romney Newt Gingrich

  3. Super Tuesday • It is the day when the greatest number of states (10) hold primary electionsto select delegates to national conventions where each party’s presidential candidates are officially nominated.

  4. Primary Election • The purpose of a primary election is to narrow down the candidates who want to be President. • Voters use a secret ballot to select delegates. • In an open primary, registered voters, regardless of their party affiliation, can vote in any party primary they choose. • In a closed primary, voters must declare a party affiliation and can only vote in that primary. • Over 40 states and territories and the District of Columbia use primaries.

  5. Caucuses • Party members and party leaders meet to select delegates and usually must demonstrate their support for a presidential candidate by public declaration. • Caucuses are often used in combination with a state convention to elect delegates to the national convention. • 15 states and territories use caucuses.

  6. Delegate Selection • Party members in each state select delegates to go to the national conventions to represent their choices for presidential candidates. • The candidate who obtains a majority of delegate votes at that party’s convention receives the party’s nomination.

  7. National Convention • Each party holds a convention during the summer and chooses the one candidate that they’ll support in November running for President.

  8. Electoral College • The first candidate to reach 270 electoral votes becomes President. • On election day, we really vote for people called electors, who then vote for the President. • The electors are chosen from the Primaries. • History of Electoral College Vote http://www.cspanclassroom.org/pdf/ElectoralCollegeHistory.pdf

  9. Electors • Each state is allocated a number of Electors equal to the number of its Senators and the number of U.S. Representatives. • The political parties in each State submit a list of individuals pledged to their candidate for president. • The major political parties select these individuals at their State party conventions or through appointment by their State party leaders.

  10. Electors • On the Monday following the second Weds. of Dec. each State’s Electors meet in their State capitals and cast their electoral votes. • The electoral votes are sealed and sent to the President of the Senate who opens them and reads them on Jan. 6th. • The candidate for president with the most electoral votes is declared president. • http://www.classbrain.com/artteensb/publish/electoral_college.shtml

  11. 2012 Presidential Candidate Positions on 45 Issues • http://2012election.procon.org/ • http://2012election.procon.org/view.source-summary-chart.php

  12. Understanding Caucuses and Primaries • http://www.cnn.com/2008/LIVING/studentnews/01/03/one.sheet.caucus.primary/

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