Political+Campaign+2012


 * Background Information **


 * What is the process/timeline for electing a president? **

A presidential election is held once every fourth year. Prior to the elections parties raise money and campaign at least one year in advance. The first state primaries and caucuses occur in the month of February of the election year. The spring of the election year consists of mostly campains. Then at the time of November, the delegates from the states cast cotes for the person who will represent the political party. Once more the delegates are narrowed down through national conventions. Towards the end of fall the chosen candidates fight against candidates from the political parties. The candidates campaign until the Election Day or on the Tuesday after the first Monday in November, which is November 6 for the election of 2012.

- How does a person get his or her name on a ballot in a state? It first begins by nomination. There are 5 different ways of nominating: self-announcement, caucus, convention, direct primary, or petition. - How does a person become THE candidate for a political party? An election is held within a party.

Caucus: is a group of like-minded people who meet to select the candidates they will support in an upcoming election Direct Primary: An election held within a party to pick that party’s candidates for the general election Closed Primary: A party nominating election in which only declared party members can vote Open Primary: A party- nominating election in which any qualified voter can take part Blanket Primary: A voting process in which voters receive a long ballot containing the names of all contenders, regardless of party, and can vote however they choose Runoff primary: A primary in which the top two vote-getters in the first direct primary face one another Nonpartisan election: Elections in which candidates are not identified by party labels Presidential primary: An election in which a party’s voters 1. Choose State party organization’s delegates to their party’s national convention and/or 2. Express a preference for their party’s presidential nomination

Recently, many doubt the reelection of President Obama with his sudden change of reputation as an infamous President especially during the economic crisis and therefore are also including other Democrat candidates such as Darcy Richardson, Vermin Supreme, Randall Terry, and Warren Mosler. <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';">So far, in the Republican side, the Republicans have picked Ron Paul, Mitt Romney, Governor Rick Perry, Herman Cain, Jon Huntsman, Michele Bachmann, Rick Santorum, Gary E. Johnson, Buddy Roemer, and Newt Gingrich being confident in the listed candidates for potentially being President of America. The Republican Party is divided within these candidates and currently there have been national conventions and debates to narrow the candidates down.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';">While it is pretty certain Obama will be on the ticket again as the Democrat, what else is going on within the party? **
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';">What are the Republicans up to? **


 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';">What independent/other political parties have candidates in the mix? **

<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';">There is a wide mix of surprisingly Libertarians and Independents, but one Democrat, Randall Terry, and one Socialist named Stewart Alexander.


 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';">Other sources: **

<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';">American Government Textbook <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';">[] <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';">[] <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';">[] <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';">[]

Researcher Candidate: Ron Paul Research: []