The president is elected by the Electoral College in December of an election year. The Electoral College is elected by the people in the general election held the first Tuesday after the first Monday in November of an election year.
Do the voters elect electors not the presidential candidates
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.
bob dole
no
a national convention.
Yes
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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.
I would say balance the ticket.
In reality, states have no position in the nomination of presidential candidates other than holding legal elections. The parties determine the candidates.
During the national convention
presidential primary
They are selected after a qualifying test and of their skills.