The party split over the question of allowing expansion of slavery and ended up nominating two candidates.
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the democrats split into two parties and nominated 2men for president
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Democrats split into two parties and nominated two men for President, one from the North and one from the South.
they split into regions
1) Caucuses 2) Nominating Conventions 3) Primary Elections 4) Petition
At a national nominating convention, the presidential and vice president nominees are determined. Also the party comes up with its platform for the election.
A presidential candidate wins a state by getting the most popular votes in the election. He typically gets the most popular votes by convincing the majority of voters that they will be better off if he is president that if his opponent if elected.
A United States presidential nominating convention is a political convention held every four years in the United States by most of the political parties who will be fielding nominees in the upcoming U.S. presidential election.
1968 - After Humphrey narrowly lost the 1968 general election to Richard Nixon, reform-minded Democrats forced changes in the nominating process.
General election
During the nominating stage, political parties select their candidates to run for office, while during the election stage, voters choose among these candidates to determine the winner. The nominating stage involves internal party processes, such as primaries or caucuses, while the election stage involves the general electorate casting their votes.
Andrew Jackson For sure Pg 466 under "The History of Presidential Nomination"
The nomination or designation of candidates for public office by direct popular vote rather than through the action of a convention or body of elected nominating representatives or delegates. The term is applied both to the nomination of candidates without any nominating convention, and, loosely, to the nomination effected, as in the case of candidates for president or senator of the United States, by the election of nominating representatives pledged or instructed to vote for certain candidates dssignated by popular vote.
That is an election held by a political party as part of the process of nominating a candidate to represent the party in the presidential election.
all of the above
A nominating has the duty of vetting the candidates. Also, the committee oversees the nomination and election process to ensure there are no irregularities.