Mostly. The people in a party pick their candidate, and the people of the nation pick which candidate they prefer. Of course strictly speaking we don't live in a democracy, we live in a republic - in a direct democracy every citizen votes on policy and takes turns serving as legislative, executive, and judicial figures (a la Athens in ancient Greece). Of course that doesn't scale up very well, and a republic is an acceptable alternative.
Within the Democracy
Because they are often "super delegates" that get to vote in the nominating process. Thus they can disproportionate influence in the nomination.
it happens in a democracy
presidential primaries in the party out of power
presidential primaries in the party out of power
No, the GOP does not have superdelegates in their nomination process.
No, Republicans do not have superdelegates in their party's nomination process.
The nominating process particularly important in a two-party system as it will bring a sense of democracy. Nomination will produce the most popular person in the party.
The nominating process particularly important in a two-party system as it will bring a sense of democracy. Nomination will produce the most popular person in the party.
The presidential nominating process illustrates constitutional change and development because it shows the power of a democracy. Over time the nominating process has changed significantly and gives everyone a chance verses just a certain type of person.
There are 5 steps in the nomination process for world heritage sites.
Yes, indeed. The presidential nominees are an important function of the national parties. They do hold primary elections to let the rank-and-file party members and supporters vote for potential candidates and recently these primaries have became all-important to the nomination process.