Steps to electing a president
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Step 2: Primaries and caucuses are when party members get to vote for each candidate.
Step 3: At the end of each primaries and caucuses each party holds a convention during this time each presidential candidate chooses a running mate.
Step 4: Candidates campaign throughout the country to win the support of voters.
Step 5: In november people vote for one candidate each state actually cast their votes for a group of people known as electors.
Step 6: Each state gets a certain number of electors based on the state total of representation in congress.
Step 7: In december the electors cast their votes when the voters are counted the presidential candidate that gets more than half wins the election.
Term 1: Primaries and caucuses definition 1:When party members get to vote for each candidate.
Term 2: The Electoral collage definition 2:When citizens vote for a representative of the electoral collage who supports the same candidate .
Term 3:The national convention definition 3:Large events where delegates gather to formally select there parties candidate.
