In the US, when parties were first formed, the members of Congress from each party would
meet and chose a candidate.
The earliest method of nominating a candidate for political office was known as a caucus or convention
caucus :)
The nominating method that is oldest is the 'self-announcement.' This is when the candidate announces his or her intention to run for an elected office.
1) Caucuses 2) Nominating Conventions 3) Primary Elections 4) Petition
The act of naming or nominating; designation of a person as a candidate for office; the power of nominating; the state of being nominated., The denomination, or name.
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.
local level_town committee nominating convention get as many members of the local town committee to support a candidate but you can primary the current town committee members to form a new town committee to back a particular candidate delegates are elected from the town committee convention to the district nominating convention which means you need to convince other town committees to back a candidate and then on to the state n national nominating conventions
To gain momentum
to nominate their parities candidate for president.
When a person is nominated they are put up as a candidate, but they are not elected until there is an election and voted into office by the people voting.
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.
Whenever a write-in candidate appears in an election, the self-announcement process has been used.