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Okay first, it starts with the states' primary elections. Upon filing, interested parties must 1)present signed support petitions, 2) must prove that they have staff in place to run a viable campaign, and 3) pay their state's filing fee to get their name on the primary ballot.Anyway, Palin got me more into this and I'm seriously curious how the pool of supposedly elligible candidates gets selected and put before the electorate. What's more, how does one come out on top? Because it doesn't seem to be linked to anything resembling competence or qualification.
The state-by-state primary elections or caucuses are then held. The results are made public. Next, the one candidate from each party receiving the most votes in all the cumulative state primaries is presented at each of the parties' national conventions. The party representatives at these conventions then vote to accept or deny the presented nominee for national candidacy. Once approved by the convention's vote, the nominee is then the party's official national candidate. That's when the party's financial support is brought into play, along with big-wig endorsements.