To run for president, you have to set up an organization and raise funds. You have to either have national name recognition or else hold some major office in state or federal government or else form your own organization. In order to have any real chance of being elected you have to be nominated by one of the two major parties. The first step here is the primary elections. You have to get on the ballot and run a campaign at least in places where you think you will do well. It helps greatly if you gain the support of some of the political powers ( e.g. governors, senators, Congressmen, big city mayors and rich power brokers ) in the primary states, You have to win a substantial number of the early primaries. If you do, you will attract more money and more support and your opposition will start dropping out. If you are really successful in the primaries, you may wrap so many committed delegates that all of your opposition drops out. Otherwise, you and your supporters will have to fight it out in the National Convention. Here is where the support of the professional politicians becomes really important.
James A. Garfield was an influential person in 1880. The Republican candidate defeated Winfield S.Hancock to become President of the United States after the 1880 election.
The Presidential Candidate's main purpose in picking the Vice President is "balancing the ticket." To "balance the ticket" is to find a VP Candidate that deposits values into a Presidential campaign that will bring support from voters that were not previously inclined to vote for that candidate. In most every United States presidential election within the past 30 years, the presidential candidate chose a VP candidate with almost opposite views and beliefs so that they might hoard the votes.
John McCain
John Adams and his vice president Charles Pickney ran as Federalist ain 1796 and 1800. After Adams lost , the Federalists began to break up and were not a national force in future elections. Thomas Jefferson and his vice president Aaron Burr ran against him
The vice president does not run for office in the primary or general election. He is selected by the Presidential candidate to be a running mate. The Executive Branch consists of the President, Vice President and Cabinet. The Cabinet members are appointed by the President and approved by the Senate. Therefore, the only elected official in the Executive Branch is the President.
candidate with most votes, president runner up candidate, vice president
Most candidates never become president.
lots of money
In 1825 the candidate with the greatest number of electoral votes would become president and the candidate with the next - highest number would become vice president.
2009
no=so far dere hasn't been any elections n tat da candidate hasn't become president=
VICE PRESIDENT.
Presidential Candidate
James A. Garfield was an influential person in 1880. The Republican candidate defeated Winfield S.Hancock to become President of the United States after the 1880 election.
A person who supports a candidate running for president.
Technically the political party's convention. Usually the person that they nominate will be the candidate that is recommended by the Presidential candidate.
Candidates for President get to choose their own running mates.