1. Presidential Nominations

2. The Big Idea
Every four years, political parties officially select their presidential candidates at national conventions, following State primaries and party caucuses

3. Remember Primaries What are primaries?
Presidential Primaries may look a little different
due to this being on a national level not just a state
there are other pieces of information that must be considered when the whole country is choosing.
Remember the Constitution says NOTHING about primaries and candidate selection

4. Delegates
This nomination process falls into the hands of the National Committees
DNC: Democratic National Committee
RNC: Republican National Committee
Both parties will hold a National Convention at the end of the primary season declaring who will be their candidate for president.
The candidate is chosen by delegates from each state
each state has a certain number of delegates
the delegates will officially vote for the candidate their state choses during the National Convention

6. Presidential Primaries
Each state will hold its primary to decide who the delegates will vote for.
Proportional representation
any candidate who wins at least 15% of the votes cast in a primary gets the number of that state’s delegates that corresponds to the share of primary votes.
SO there is a lot of math involved.
First official primary is held in New Hampshire.
Super Tuesday: is the one day most states hold their primaries.

7. National Convention This year they will be held:
DNC: Philadelphia
RNC: Cleveland
This is usually a big multi night production with a lot of famous people
The delegates cast their votes for nominee
we already know who it is
this is just a formality
Big speeches
Keynote address
Vice President also announced

8. Obama Speech

9. Palin Speech