WELL BUSH SCREWED THEM UP BUT THEY RUN BY FIGHTING FOR VOTEDS IN PRIMARIES CAUCASES ARE A SMALL PORTION OF THE LARGE VOTE WHEN YOU HAVE TO GET THE NOMINATION BY GETTING MORE STATES THAN THE OTHER CANDIDATE OR MORE DELAGATES WHEN YOU GET THE NOMINATION WELL YOU PLAN ON FOR THE NEXT FIGHT THE NATIONAL PRIMARIES
In those states with primaries, voters must ask for a Republican or Democratic ballot. In some states must declare that one will vote for the majority of the candidates from that party in November or indicate in some other way an affiliation with that party. In other states no questions are asked. Some states are "winner take all"-- all of that states delegates must vote for the winner on the first ballot at the nominating convention; in other states the delegates are split according to the vote.
The Senate has sole authority to confirm or deny Presidential nominations. This is granted by the Nomination Clause of Article II in the U.S. Constitution.
The Senate approves (or rejects) all Presidential nominations.100% Legislative Branch.
Congress
at conventions
The power to confirm presidential nominations belongs to the United States Senate. The Senate holds confirmation hearings for nominees to executive and judicial positions and votes to either confirm or reject them. The Vice President has the authority to break a tie in the Senate when confirming nominations.
it is 2/3 of senate
Politicized process.
Presidential nominations of federal court judges are made with the "advice and consent" of the Senate, just as Supreme Court nominations are. The Senate must confirm the nomination by a simple majority of those voting in order for the judge to be commissioned.
In the US, the US president nominates, for example, executive branch department heads and US Supreme Court justices. When his or her nominations are approved by the Senate, they take their "appointed" positions. For the most part the nominations are approved by the Senate. With that said, the president does make direct appointments. The position that heads the US Patent Office is a presidential appointment. The Senate is not involved.
Senate
The electoral college has absolutely nothing to do with nominating process for US presidential and vice presidential candidates. Each political party controls its own process of nominations limited only by the level of cooperation from each of the states.
The Senate approves (or rejects) all Presidential nominations.100% Legislative Branch.