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developed more democratic ways to choose candidates for president.
To help choose candidates to run for office.
To help choose candidates to run for office.
Political parties choose candidates by means of a primary election. If your cheating on history home work the answer is "direct primary".
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The main purpose of having political parties is to bring together, most of the people who share the same political visions and social agendas. The citizens can then have leaders who are capable of pushing those political agendas forward.
It was once the job of political party conventions. political party conventions
No, when the president is running for office. They have the opportunity then to pick who they want as their running mate and eventual vice president. Much like right now with Obama and Biden, they stay within the same political party.
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As I understand it (I am British) the 2 political parties (Republican & Democrat) choose a leader who is then voted for by universal adult suffrage. The parties each elect a candidate & the people have a choice of these two. There may be other candidates, but it appears to me that these do not have any chance of actually winning.
These meeting are called political conventions. Nowadays, primary elections are more important than the conventions for choosing candidates.
The Political parties choose who they want to represent them and the people then vote on which candidate and party best represent the country as a whole.