nomination process
Choosing a contender
The nomination process is the formal procedure by which candidates are selected to run for office or receive an award.
In American politics, it typically refers to how parties choose their presidential candidates through primaries, caucuses, and conventions: The nomination process begins in Iowa and New Hampshire.
The term applies broadly to any system for advancing candidates to final consideration.
- nomineeOne proposed for position
- running mateVice presidential nominee
- nominatorOne who puts forward
- candidatePerson seeking selection
- voteFormal choice expression
selection · committee · superdelegates · delegate count · brokered convention · voting · submission · caucus · floor vote · endorsement · party platform · electorate · vetting · deliberation · convention · ballot · ratification · eligibility
- Nominationsnominee, candidate, nominating committee, national convention, delegate
- bylawsarticles, voting, clause, membership, provision
- military admissionsWest Point, USNA, Annapolis, Air Force Academy, military academy
- appointmentsappointment, appointees, booking, nominations, nominees
- Court JurisprudenceSupreme Court rulings, landmark cases, landmark decisions, court opinions, majority opinions
nomination processgeneral election
Nationwide voting for office
runoff election · Election Day · presidential election · midterm election · inauguration
nomination processcoronation
Ceremony installing a sovereign
anointment · acclamation · succession · backroom deal · smoke-filled room
nomination processwithdrawal
Act of taking away
concession · dropping out · resignation · elimination · disqualification