Presidential Analysis : Presidential Primaries

Although voters do not have an obligation publicly state which party they align with, they still must only align with one party during the primary. Therefore, their ballots do not present every possible candidate, and thus, their scope of presidential candidates is limited. The goal of a primary should be to reflect how the state will likely vote during the general election. Blanket primaries accomplish this by allowing voters to select the best candidate from every choice available. This also shows how certain candidates fair in comparison with other parties’ candidates. Parties still have the ability to nominate their candidate with the highest number of votes, but the blanket primary gives more power to the voters than to political parties. Political candidates must market themselves to voters as an aggregate in the state, and cannot rely on party affiliation to be a driving force come primary season. Therefore, while open and blanket primaries are extremely similar, it is the fact that blanket primaries allow more freedom for voters that makes them the favorable

the reasons for the staggered elections exist so that the congress is always moving forward, bringing in new ideas each elections, preventing a tyranny of republicans and democrats with ever changing seats. The Primaries exist to propel the right candidate forward. 2008 for example, with Hillary Clinton and Barack obama both running for the democratic slot for president. The primaries exist to allow the people and the party to vote on who they want to run for president, so they are positive that they are getting the right candidate for the party, and that the people are getting the right candidate to represent their vote, their city, their state and their country for the

Primary elections are elections held previous to a Presidential election to decide upon the presidential candidate from the two main parties. These are held in each state, each of which then goes on to sponsor the winning candidate of their primary at the national convention, where the party’s presidential candidate is announced. This method of choosing a candidate came about due to the McGovem/Fraser Commission of 1968 (where Mayor Daley refused McGovem the chance to run as he was too liberal). It replaced the old system of decisions being made in ‘smoke filled rooms’ where party bosses were all powerful and made the decision.

Campaigns in politics are important in determining outcomes and inform the voters who remain undecided. Also, campaigns matter because although the candidates or media officials may know what the outcome will be, the voters themselves do not (107). Aside from campaigns, conventions are also important, if not more important. Party nominating conventions affect the apathetic, uninterested electorates who think conventions are interesting and exciting, often known as the Olympic games of politics (121). This experience for voters can carry influence, and is a time of “intense political learning” (129). Therefore, aggregately, conventions make public opinion meaningful because the citizens who watch make an informed decision about a candidate, and have facts about why they will vote for that candidate. The chief reason why individual public opinion is meaningless during presidential elections is the “nonattitudes.” Nonattitudes are survey responses made up on the spot during an interview by a respondent who has no attitude on politics (113). Therefore, these individuals diminish the value of public opinion because we hate inconsistency and this creates an abundance of views on issues. However, during election night, exit polls support why aggregate opinion is also important. Exit polls are meaningful because one hundred percent of those leaving the polls have voted (102). Therefore, we can get real results from the electorates and this makes collective public opinion

Winning the primary Ballot procedures Developing a personal following for the "party 's" nomination Incumbent advantage Sophomore surge Using the perqs of office Campaigning for / against Congress Impact of the way we elect individuals to Congress Legislators closely tied to local concerns Weak party leadership Primary versus general campaigns Kinds of elections and primaries: general versus primary elections Differences between primary and general campaigns What works in a general election may not work in a primary Different voters, workers, and media attention Must mobilize activists with money and motivation to win nomination Must play to the politics of activists Iowa caucuses Held in February of general election year

Every state held a ratifying convention soon before ratifying the Constitution. North Carolina is different because the delegates refused to ratify it without making amendments.

delegates from Northern and Southern states had a difference of opinion on how slaves should be

The South seceding from the Union and the causes and effects of the secession have played a pivotal role in shaping the United States of America. The South seceding from the Union was caused by political, economic and social difference between the North and the South. These differences included the North and South having different views on slavery, states rights and politics. To this day, the United States is divided when it comes to issues such as politics, economics and race relations.

This paper will talk about the presidential primaries in the United States of America. It will explain what a primary election is, and where it comes from historically, also how it fits into today’s society. Another topic it will cover is how the primary process has played out so far this year, how some of the contenders are currently faring in the race for presidency. It will also cover the strong suits of the primaries and some of the major flaws of the primaries. The last topic this paper will cover is whether or not the people of the United States should understand and care about the presidential Primaries.

Torn between the beliefs of the Southern and Northern states that surrounded it, Virginia was in conflict and opposition regarding views to abolish or continue the culture of slavery. Several Northern states had begun the process of ending slavery while the Southern states of North Carolina, South Carolina and Georgia were refusing to do so. The citizens in the state of Virginia had opposing views. Some desired to continue slavery while others wanted to place an end to it.

The next benchmark changed this aspect of an overbearing party, however it would create large amount of power now going to the candidate themselves. Wilson felt that there was an absence of strong leadership in government, and sought a national primary to enhance an individual candidates strengths, allowing them to establish their own popular constituency. FDR carried out Wilson’s plan, and being that FDR established the modern presidency, every president has continued this. The consequences of this has been a connection between the people and the president. By allowing the primaries, if gives the people a chance to input their decision into presidential selection long before the Framers intended them to be able to. The candidates now individually raise issues important to them, and in fact have fallen into the trap that the Framers’ feared. Candidates play on issues the public finds important to get attention, and in the process make their own commitments to the public on what they are going to do about it, when in reality, they do not always have the power to be able to do the things they say they will. This has changed the public’s selection on the president’s selection from the qualifications of the president, to what they promise to do on certain

Florida has been being a large impact on the outcome of presidential campaigns in past elections. One of these years in history was 1876 between Democrat Samuel J. Tilden and Republican Rutherford B. Hayes. During this election, Tilden and the Democrats were accused of winning southern states through violence and fraud causing Republicans to demand vote recounts. After recounts, Republicans were accused of throwing out Democratic votes so Hayes would gain support from states that were once Tilden 's (Morris 2003). For this election, Florida played a key role along with a few other states because of the electoral votes that were key in determining who would win this entire presidential election for that year.

Simply put, no other colony was up to the task of setting the foundation for American democracy. Sydnor writes of South Carolina in this manner, “Yet, South Carolina became the more ardent defender of slavery, the advocate of nullification and secession, and, in the eyes of many, a great threat to the America democratic experiment” (p. 111). What Sydnor is telling us is that even though in the beginning, South Carolina could have been a good startup for the new American government, its past made it an unstable climate to maintain the “democratic experiment” because its history was rooted with controlling planters from earlier colonial times who were staunched in their position on slavery and how later on because of this position it would ultimately lead down the road to secession. This was not the environment leaders wanted nor needed to secure a future for the new country. It is almost as if Virginia was the only colony capable of taking the helm and forging the path for American democracy so that it could take root and grow to become what it is today.

Actually many people believe that there are nothing alike, beside they both are states. Many people from Virginia wants to go to Florida and Vise versa. Many people might want to go to Florida because it was really nice weather. There are many similarities between the Florida and Virginia, but the weather, and attractions, and the animals are the best way for people to decide whether or not the state is suitable to live in.

At the conclusion of President Barack Obama’s historical consecutive terms in office there is going to be a large number of candidates that are vying for the nominations of the respective parties. Due to the constitutional term limits imposed on the President, Obama is barred to seek re-election in 2016. While there are about 10 candidates running for the republicans, there are only two still in the running for the Democratic Party. The way candidates are recognized by their respective parties to become a candidate for the United States Presidency is first by receiving an invitation to compete in the primaries, then being included in the nationwide polls, as well as being on the ballot for at least 75% of all states. At the conclusion of the February 1st caucus there were 3 Democrats and 10 republicans who were still in the Presidential race, since then one Democratic candidate had dropped out.