party conventions
Political delegate meetings
Party conventions are formal gatherings where political parties conduct official business—nominating candidates, adopting platforms, and energizing supporters.
In American politics, the national conventions held every four years officially select presidential nominees, though modern primaries have made this largely ceremonial: The convention was full of speeches but the outcome was never in doubt.
State and local conventions handle party business at smaller scales.
- nominationFormal candidate selection
- superdelegatesUnpledged convention voters
- roll callAttendance-taking procedure
- delegate countNumber of convention votes
- floor voteLegislators voting together formally
keynote speeches · prime time slot · voting · campaign strategy · credentials · voter outreach · committees · resolutions · national headquarters · vote · crowd · banners · cheering · speeches · keynote · ballots · candidates · agenda-setting
- electionsballot, ballots, voter registration, candidates, polls
- campaigningcandidate, campaign signs, canvassing, campaign manager, fundraising
- Presidential Electionsballot, ballot box, electoral votes, popular vote, voter turnout
- Jacksonian EraAndrew Jackson, spoils system, Indian Removal Act, Trail of Tears, kitchen cabinet
- primariesprimary election, primary elections, primaries, open primaries, primary ballot
- Congress PartyINC, hand symbol, Jawaharlal Nehru, Indira Gandhi, chief ministers
party conventionsprimaries
Intraparty nomination contests
caucuses · primary elections · open primaries · direct election · popular vote
party conventionsgrassroots organizing
Local citizen-led collective action
phone banking · town halls · campaign rallies · voter registration drives · house parties
party conventionsgeneral elections
Nationwide selection of officials
popular vote · ballot initiatives · referendums · direct democracy · open primaries