James G. Blaine. Senator from Maine, was the Republican nominee for president in 1884, but lost to Cleveland.
Edmund Muskie, vice-presidential candidate in 1968, was the front-runner for the Democratic nomination in 1972 but lost the nomination.
Maine and Nebraska
each party nominated presidential and vice-presidential candidates
Do the voters elect electors not the presidential candidates
Richard M.Nixon/Spiro Agnew George McGovern/R.Sargent Shriver
national conventions for nominating presidential candidates.
There was no Presidential election in 1950.
In reality, states have no position in the nomination of presidential candidates other than holding legal elections. The parties determine the candidates.
The candidates have begun to try and convince voters to vote for them.
During the national convention
presidential primary
The platforms of Presidential candidates vary. Some candidates platforms include lower taxes for the middle class, increase jobs and access to better healthcare.
Democrats permit candidates receiving 15 percent or more of the vote to proportionally divide delegates.