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The Presidential Model is the model in which the people select the executive.
Apex The members of the legislative branch are directly elected by the people
Both the vice president and the presidential cabinet are chosen by the president. Everyone else is elected by the people with the exception of supreme court justices and a select few other government employees.
By all the conventional methods, plus he is one of a select group of people to have traveled frequently on Air Force One, the Presidential plane.
primary election
In the US, the presidential and vice-presidential candidates for a party are announced at the party's respective convention. Both the Democratic and the Republican ones occured in fall of 2008.
There were meetings held to select a party's presidential and vice presidential candidates-to allow more voter input.
"Both major political parties in the United States select their presidential candidates through a process of primary elections. However, voters do not directly select presidential nominees in these primaries. Instead, they choose delegates from their respective states who will attend a national party convention to nominate a presidential candidate for their party." from thisnation.com
Officially, the parties still select the Vice Presidential candidates. Unofficially, each Presidential candidate chooses his/her own running mate.
To select a Presidential Candidate
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delegates from each state select political parties'nominees for president