1. Winning Office
-Elections have two important parts
-Nomination Process
-Campaigning

2. Nominating Process
-Caucus
-a meeting of party leaders to name
candidates
-Convention
-meeting of party representatives
(delegates) to name candidates
-Primary Elections
-special election held by party
members to determine candidates

3. Primary Elections
-Open Primary
-primary where any voter can help
chose candidates
-Closed Primary
-primary where only party members
are allowed to vote
-Closed are most often used to
protect the party’s nominees

4. Presidential Candidates
-selected by a combination of all
three nominating processes
-caucuses
-primaries
-National convention

5. Endorsements
-using a famous person to support a
candidate

6. Advertising
-using the media to campaign
-primary method of campaigning
-negative advertising
-- Process of using advertisements
that focus on the faults and
shortcomings of your opponent
rather than your goals

7. Advertising
-using the media to campaign
-primary method of campaigning
-negative advertising
-- Process of using advertisements
that focus on the faults and
shortcomings of your opponent
rather than your goals

8. Advertising
-using the media to campaign
-primary method of campaigning
-negative advertising
-- Process of using advertisements
that focus on the faults and
shortcomings of your opponent
rather than your goals

9. Advertising
-using the media to campaign
-primary method of campaigning
-negative advertising
-- Process of using advertisements
that focus on the faults and
shortcomings of your opponent
rather than your goals

10. Canvassing
-person to person campaigning
-”campaign trail”

11. Other Methods
-symbolism
-generalizations
-bandwagon

12. Public Funding
-Presidential Candidates get
government funding for their
campaigns
-equal funding
-Party can spend extra on behalf of
candidates

13. Public Funding
-Presidential Candidates get
government funding for their
campaigns
-equal funding
-Party can spend extra on behalf of
candidates

14. Private Funding
-private funding is limited in most
cases
-candidate can spend any amount of
their own money
-individuals can donate $1,000
-PAC-- Groups that are formed in
order to raise money for
candidates running for office---
they are limited to a 5,000
donation to an individual candidate
-campaign finance reform

15. Private Funding
-private funding is limited in most
cases
-candidate can spend any amount of
their own money
-individuals can donate $1,000
-PAC-- Groups that are formed in
order to raise money for
candidates running for office---
they are limited to a 5,000
donation to an individual candidate
-campaign finance reform

16. Private Funding
-private funding is limited in most
cases
-candidate can spend any amount of
their own money
-individuals can donate $1,000
-PAC-- Groups that are formed in
order to raise money for
candidates running for office---
they are limited to a 5,000
donation to an individual candidate
-campaign finance reform