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  • Candidate Nomination Process
    • Candidates have to first earn party nomination through primary elections
    • Open Primaries: Any registered voter can vote in either party's primary
    • Closed Primaries: Only party-registered voter can vote in primaries
    • Caucuses: Discussion & debate to vote
    • National Conventions: Present their winning candidate for Vice & President
  • Incumbency

    Where current office-holders runs again in the election
  • Electoral College

    • Each state has the same number of electors as they do representatives in Congress
    • Winner-take-all system: Whatever party & candidate wins the state, they get all the votes for the Electoral College
    • Faithless Electors: An elector who votes against the popular vote
    • A candidate must receive 270 votes minimum to win
  • The debate of the Electoral College is due to the fact that the popular vote isn't the same as the electoral vote