The Electoral Process - Parts 1-2

The process of candidate selection.

• Voting

• Nomination Process

• Electing

Those areas where one party regularly wins elections.

• One Party Constituencies

• Gerrymandering

• Two Party System

Most areas of Idaho have these types of constituencies. 

• Democratic

• Republican

• Libertarian

In this type of government, there is only one name listed on the ballot.

• Democracy

• Dictatorship

• Republic

This is sometimes used by someone who failed to win a regular party nomination or by someone unhappy with the party’s choice.

• Petition

• Convention

• Self-Announcement

A group of like-minded people who meet to select the candidates they will support in an upcoming election.

• Caucus

• Primary

• Petition

The first national  convention to nominate a presidential candidate.

• Anti-Mason Party

• Whig Party

• Federalist Party

A  party nominating election in which only declared party members can vote.

• Open Primary

• Closed Primary

• Caucus

A party nominating election in which any qualified voter can take a part.

• Open Primary

• Closed Primary

• Caucus

The two top vote-getters in the first primary face one another and the winner of that vote becomes the nominee.

• Sudden Death

• Run-Off Primary

• Tactical Primary