National Conventions
After the primaries and caucuses, most political parties hold national conventions to finalize their choice for their Presidential and Vice Presidential nominees.
2016 National Convention Dates and Locations
- The Constitution Party Convention was held in Salt Lake City, Utah, beginning April 13.
- The Libertarian National Convention was held in Orlando, Florida, beginning May 26.
- The Republican National Convention was held in Cleveland starting on July 18.
- The Democratic National Convention was held in Philadelphia beginning July 25.
- The Green Party Convention was held in Houston, Texas beginning August 4.
The national conventions typically confirm the candidate who has already won the required number of delegates through the primaries and caucuses. However, if no candidate has received the majority of a party’s delegates, the convention becomes the stage for choosing that party’s Presidential nominee.
Delegates: Types and Numbers Required
Some parties require a specific number of delegates a candidate needs to win his or her party’s nomination in 2016. These included:
There are two main types of delegates:
- Pledged, or bound, delegates, who are required to support the candidate to whom they were awarded through the primary or caucus process
- Unpledged, or unbound delegates, or superdelegates, who are free to support any Presidential candidate of their choosing
Here is a clip of the Republican National Convention that took place on July 18–21, 2016.
Here is a clip of the Democratic National Convention that took place on July 25th-28, 2016.
Comment: Can you tell us what a delegate is in your own words? Do you think this is a good system?
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ReplyDeleteA delegate is a person who represents a group of people belonging to the same political party. They go to the convention and vote for the candidate that the people at home want them to vote for. Unless they are a superdelegate, then he or she can vote however they want. I think the pledged delegate system is more fair, because they are suppose to represent their people's wishes at home. A superdelegate is not fair in my opinion, because they don't have to vote how the people at home what him or her to vote. He or she can go off and vote however he or she wants to.
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ReplyDeleteA delegate is someone who casts the vote of the people after a caucus/primary. Some delegates can vote for whoever they want. I personally think having delegates is a good thing because it would be too many votes if we all voted individually.
ReplyDeleteA delegate is someone who represents someone at a conference or another community gathering. it is also someone who counts the voted for the elections. it is a good thing because we would have to many votes if we didn't have a delegate. and we wouldn't have any body to represent us if we didn't have delegates.
ReplyDeleteA delegate is someone who represents the wishes of his or her state as to who becomes the candidates. I think the system is a good idea, but I think that there should not be superdelegates. Since they don't have to represent anyone, they just end up getting more of a say than anyone else, and that isn't equal.
ReplyDeleteI agree with you! It's super unfair that the super delegates get to vote for whoever they want.
DeleteA delegate is a person chosen to represent or vote for a particular political party however, there are delegates that do not have to vote for a specific party. i think this system is good, i like the superdelegates and they way they can throw in a variable to the conventions so that even if a certain candidate has a small lead that lead can change.
ReplyDeleteA delegate is somebody who supports and votes for a specific political party and is chosen by his piers. I think this is a good idea because they get to have the option of changing the number of votes, instead of everybody voting individually.
ReplyDeletei agree with martin because, a delegate isn't only someone who counts votes but is somebody that supports the candidate
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A delegate is a person who is involved in political acts of there state and who represents the state that is involved in, by voting what the mass majority of that state has voted for in the states valet.
ReplyDeleteA delegate is a person belonging to a specific political party, who votes for a candidate in their party based off of who the people in that delegate's state supports. I don't think that this is a good system because I feel that it complicates things. If citizens are going to vote then why do separate selected individuals have to vote again based on votes already cast. It seems like an extra step. And why are delegate votes worth more? Or what does "worth more" mean if our votes are worthless? I think the people of America should just vote one time for who they want as their next president and have it be a simple thing.
ReplyDeleteA delegate is a person from a single party that represents the party and votes for the candidate that the party wants to run for president. They are also the tally the points to find out who won the election for the party and announces it to the party.
ReplyDeletea delegate is an elected official that represents a certain state and a certain party. that person votes for a candidate they think would most likely win the election, or for the candidate their state has chosen, depending on which kind of delegate they are.
ReplyDeleteA delegate is a person who represents their party, and votes for their party. They are required to support their candidate. But super-delegates can vote for who they choose.
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