Candidate Selection and Nomination (AQA A-Level Politics): Flashcards

Elections where voters select their preferred candidate for office

Local meetings where party supporters discuss and vote for candidates

Progressive Era at turn of twentieth century

To select delegates pledged to vote at nominating convention

Only pre-registered party voters can participate

All registered voters can vote in one party's primary

'First in the nation' for caucus and primary respectively

Moving primary/caucus closer to start of calendar for influence

Year or so before actual primaries begin

Senior party officials who attend and vote at the convention