| A | B |
|---|
| presidential electors | were to chose president and vice president |
| electoral votes | each elector received two |
| electoral college | group of electors chosen from each state |
| Election of 1800 | system broke down here |
| Election of 1800 | resulted in tie for President |
| 36 ballots | Jefferson finally selected as President of US |
| 3 new elements 1800 | 1. party nominations for president/vice president |
| second new element 1800 | electors pledge vote for presidential ticket |
| third new element 1800 | automatic casting of electoral votes |
| Twelfth Amendment | 1804, separate ballots for President and Vice-President |
| separated elections President and Vice-President | Twelfth Amendment |
| wisest and best man | electors would select this to be President |
| political parties | helped alter the system |
| Natonal conventions | 1832 presidential nominating device |
| nothing | What Constitution says about presidential nominations |
| no federal or State | statuory law on presidential nomionations |
| national committee | picks place, sets date for convention |
| Democrats 2008 meeting | Denver |
| GOP 2008 meeting | Minneapolis-St. Paul |
| "call" | formal announcement for convention |
| "call" | names time and place |
| "call" | tells party's State organizations how many delegates States may send |
| delegates based on | electoral vote |
| 2,380 delegates 2008 | GOP |
| 4,233 delegates | Democrats |
| presidential primary | electiondelegates selected and preferred presidential nomination made |
| part of reform movement | presidential primary, early 1900s |
| convention system | party-boss dominated |
| Wisconsin | passed first presidential primary law, 1905 |
| vary from state | delegate-selection laws |
| winner-take-all | support won of all delegates chosen at primary |
