presidential candidate for a political party.
The purpose of the presidential primary is to allow voters to choose their preferred candidate for the presidential nomination within their political party. It helps determine the candidate who will represent the party in the general election.
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national convention
a national convention.
Most of the sessions at the National Convention is spent selection presidential candidates. Both the Republican and Democratic Party hold a National Convention.
National conventions are held for the purpose of nominating both the president and vice president to run for the presidential elections. The conventions are also used to adopt changes into the party platform.
In presidential election years
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In presidential election years.
National convention (A+)
For many years, the national convention nominated the candidates for President and Vice President. They also wrote a platform and elected the officers of the national organization. Recently, the presidential nomination have been decided by primary election before the convention and the presidential nominee has been allowed to name the candidate for Vice President. Therefore, the national convention has become mostly a political rally to kick off the presidential campaign. They do still have a platform, but it is rarely of importance to the campaign and rarely folllowed by the new President.