Primary System Of Presidential Elections

The Strengths and Weaknesses of the System of Choosing Presidential Candidates It seems reasonable to conjecture that the Achilles' heel of the modern presidency is one of recruitment. The long-winded delegate nomination process could in theory be replaced by a daylong direct

A primary election is where voters in each state votes for a presidential candidate by

The Presidential Primaries is a system put in place to help chose the best candidates for being the President of the United States of America. Now whether it is or is not an effective system is yet to be discussed later on in the paper, but it was put in place to help better to represent the people of the U.S. The presidential Primaries is very crucial to the candidates running for presidency. It allows the public to see who the candidates are, and how they conduct a campaign against one another.

There are two different election processes. There is a primary election in which the party selects the candidates to run and there is a general election in which the public votes for the candidate to run.

With the Electoral College system for electing the United States president winning the most popular votes is not a guarantee a candidate will become president. They must also get 270 Electoral College votes to win. A candidate can become president if he gets at least 270 Electoral College votes and does not have the most popular votes. Many people do not like the Electoral college system for this reason. They feel the person with the most popular votes should win.

Ever since the election season of 1972, presidential primaries have become “the dominant means of selecting the two major party candidates.”i[i] The primary system is one in which the eligible voters of each state do one of the following: 1) Vote for a presidential candidate to run for their party in the general election. 2) Vote for a delegate pledged to vote for a certain candidate at the party’s national convention. As intended, this process would bring the candidate selection processes out into the open and “let the people vote for the candidate of their choice.”ii[ii] On the surface, this may look very democratic (and admittedly, in some instances it was/is), but upon closer

The people chooses a president every four years or the former president can also be re-elected for a second term. The national presidential election is held on the first Tuesday of November. According to usa.gov, the election process begins with the primary elections and caucuses and moves to nominating conventions, during which political parties each select a nominee to unite behind. The candidate also announces a Vice President to run with the candidate at the same time, so if that nominee wins the Vice President also wins. Each candidate travels across the United States to get the word out and promote their campaign to receive the majority of votes in the final election. This is where they promote their beliefs and views of how they would like to help the country on an economic matter, education or any other important topic that might interest the voter. Public policy comes into effect here, candidates are spreading their views and ideas of how to make our country successful, but congress might not agree with those political views and nothing will get done. Campaigning for a candidate that is running for the presidency begins after a nominee is chosen from every political party according to usa.gov. Advertising is a big area for a candidate because that is where the candidate will express their views and plans to make the people happy.

How would you feel if your vote essentially counted for nothing in a general election, especially if that election was for President of the United States? Well it appears to be that way with the way electors are the number one most important group of voters in any presidential election. In America, a national popular vote would clearly prevent problems such as fraud in the Electoral College. In our Nation’s history, there have been countless stories of backroom deals and fraudulent voting. Thereis a long and colorful history of botched elections and ignorance of the people’s choices in and for the highest elected official in our country. The Electoral College of United states is in dire need of reform. The people of our great nation need a say in the system that makes us the most American. Our right to pick our representatives. There is no excuse for the massive amount of mistakes that are made election after election. As a nation, the people must take action to change the system.

A) Primary election systems allow U.S. citizens to have direct control in deciding the party's candidates for electoral offices. This represents why primary election systems are often viewed as a democratizing aspect of the U.S. electoral process. Citizens are able to vote in a primary or a caucus and later in general elections, typically people tend to vote more in the general elections rather than the primary elections.

The electoral college are elected representatives of states chosen during the November presidential election. The process consists of the selection of the electors where they vote for the President and Vice President of the United States. The electoral college consists of 538 electors; this is based on each state’s total number of senators and representatives. A candidate must win with a majority of at least 270 votes to be declared the winner. This paper will discuss the process, on how the winner of a presidential election is determined and does the Electoral College conform to the ideals of political equality.

Unlike other countries, The Unites States has a process that we go through when we are electing presidents.¬ If a person wants to be President, they announce themselves before the first primary election which is held in February and is the year before the actual election. Primary elections are elections that are held in each state and helps the individual political parties decide whom their Presidential and Vice Presidential

At the end of 2016, the United States will be holding the primary presidential elections. There are six main democrats and fifteen main republicans who are running in the presidential election of 2016. Among the great old party¬ (GOP) presidential applicant Jeb Bush, son of former president George H. W. Bush and brother of former President George W. Bush, should not have deemed administrating for office on the note of his promises to this country. Other than his famous last name, Jeb Bush’s yearn to work on a certain scope of issues pertaining to education, instead of the just an overview of American education, can potentially give him an unfavorable position in this campaign. Alongside, other republicans doubt whether Bush is strategically capable of addressing the war in Iraq due to his shallow analysis, and vague prescriptions of maintaining his promise to end the nuclear deal made with Iran.

This year’s presidential election is is being referred to as one that will be historic. While the 2016 presidential campaign has in fact caused social and political disagreement, each candidate beginning and remaining candidate in the presidential race brought forth issues in our nation for table discussion. One of the most debated topics during the primary elections and caucus season was the issue of immigrants and illegal immigration. During this time, current Republican front runner Donald Trump declared accusations towards the Mexican and Hispanic community as being part of the American downfall. While making vulgar remarks earned the GOP candidate publicity and support from anti-immigration reform holders, Trump’s remarks also brought forth the argument into the light.

The state holding the primary selects a date on which its eligible voters can go to a polling place and choose who they’d like to be their party’s presidential nominee. The popular vote for each candidate determines how many of the state’s delegates will go to the party’s national convention supporting that candidate. (Hershey, 2015, p. 199) After the states have chosen their delegates in primaries and caucuses, the delegates go to their party’s national convention and vote for a presidential nominee. By this time, the country already knows which candidate from each party won the most delegates in the primaries and caucuses. In fact, the major parties actually select their presidential nominees in the primaries and caucuses. The final job of the national convention is to present the party’s presidential candidate to the country. After this, the general election campaign is officially launched. Then the candidates campaign up until the general election takes place. (Hershey, 2015, p.

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.