POL 315 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Hubert Humphrey, Eugene Mccarthy, Theodore Roosevelt
23 Oct 2018
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Each state political party leaders gets state legislatures to choose the electors they want. Need to get the voters to want a certain candidate so state legislature is swayed to choose certain electors. 1832 first convention- anti-masonic party had a convention and decided who they wanted their party to run for president and vp. Political party leaders would choose who went to convention. Convince voters, legislatures will choose their team and electors. Originally had die-hard active party members at convention. Later each state political party would have a state party convention. Party leaders would choose who goes to caucus. Allowed voters to be more and more a part of election process over time. Go to a party meeting in different public buildings and talks about who they. - not just the true party leaders, in modern times normal people go out. Some states start to have closed primaries (choosing people who are going to.
