unit 2

official endorsement of candidates for office by a political party

requires states to permit people to register to vote when they apply for a driver’s license

(a)  

change in voting behavior

switching parties because of a presidential candidate or election

voters abandon all political parties (resulting from a presidential candidate or election)

looking at candidate’s work in former job to determine vote

does not require voters to align with a certain political party in order to participate

direct primary in which only persons meeting tests of party membership may vote

imagining what a candidate would do in the future

supreme power within parties

meets every 4 years to nominate a presidential and VP candidate

campaign types: master game plan candidates lay out to guid electoral campaigns