National Convention
It's "King Caucus".
A convention is a meeting where the political party names its candidate for presidential election. Running parties hold this convention.
caucus
Their are two candidates in the 2012 presidential election.The first candidate is former president Barack Obama.The second candidate is Massachusetts governor Mitt Romney.
A caucus is a sort mini-election within a party. It helps the party eventually choose the candidate it will support in the general election. The party caucus candidate with the most delegates gets picked.
A congressional caucus is an older method of a party nominating its presidential candidate. Other terms used include working groups or coalitions.
1. self-announcement ( the oldest form of nominating process) 2. caucus 3. direct primary 4. petition
There are five methods of nomination for a Presidential candidate. These methods are self announcement, petition, caucus, direct primary, and convention.
caucus
Whether a state has a presidential caucus actually depends on the government. Some states will have a primary and some will have a caucus
caucus system
The first state caucus was held in Ohio.
An election in which delegates select and nominate candidates is called a caucus.