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bluflamingo) wrote2010-07-18 06:30 pm
bluflamingo) wrote2010-07-18 06:30 pm
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American presidential elections
I've just started my CJ runs for president fic for femgenficathon, and so I've been reading up on the American presidential election process. Before I screw it up horribly in the fic, can someone confirm that I've understood it correctly please:
1. People decide they want to stand and run around campaigning in various states. Then each party has a national convention, where the states cast their votes for who they want as their presidential candidate. At this point, each candidate already has a vice-president, who may or may not have been campaigning with them (I think - this is where I'm not so clear).
2. Having chosen their candidates for president and vice-president, both parties go off and campaign and there are a series of primary elections which serve... I don't know what purpose.
3. There's a national election and someone is declared the winner.
That's about as much detail as I think I probably need, but can someone please tell me if I've got myself horribly confused?
1. People decide they want to stand and run around campaigning in various states. Then each party has a national convention, where the states cast their votes for who they want as their presidential candidate. At this point, each candidate already has a vice-president, who may or may not have been campaigning with them (I think - this is where I'm not so clear).
2. Having chosen their candidates for president and vice-president, both parties go off and campaign and there are a series of primary elections which serve... I don't know what purpose.
3. There's a national election and someone is declared the winner.
That's about as much detail as I think I probably need, but can someone please tell me if I've got myself horribly confused?