Want this question answered?
the national republicans
the national republicans
John Adams and Thomas Jefferson were the candidates in the first contested presidential election.
the national republicans
Each party's Presidential nominee (or incumbent) selects a running mate for an election. If a Vice President leaves office, the sitting President can nominate a replacement to be confirmed by the Congress.
political parties
It's a little different: the political parties used to nominate vice presidents by separate voting procedures during the Parties' national conventions in the election years. Gradually and starting in the 20th century, Presidential candidates (who had always had some influence on the earlier vice-presidential election processes) became the major players in deciding who should be voted vice-President. The first to simply name a running mate even before the Party Convention started was Ronald Reagan in his (then unsuccesful) bid for the Republican nomination in 1976.
In the US the elections are called primaries as they are the first step to the election of the final candidate. In the presidential elections Barack Obama first had to beat Hillary Clinton among others before facing John McCain who had beaten other candidates from the Republican party.
The first televised debate between two Presidential candidates was between Nixon and Kennedy.
presidential primary elections and caucuses is one of the first steps in the process of electing the President of the United States of America. The primary elections are run by state and local governments, while caucuses are private events run by the political parties
political parties
Favorite sons is the usual name given to these people. Sometimes a state delegation will nominate a favorite son on the first ballot to see how the balloting will go, then switch to a favorite.