How Presidential Candidates Come to Be: Primaries, Caucuses & National Conventions

Ever feel like the road to the White House is a political maze? In episode 67, we hand you the map! We peel back the layers of our election system, exploring the pivotal primaries and caucuses that shape our nation's leadership. Perfect timing - it's a presidential election year and the first caucus just wrapped in Iowa!

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Resources:

• Overview of the presidential election process | USAGov

• PrimaryElectionsFactSheet.pdf (fvap.gov)

• What are Primary Elections? (informationstation.org)

• A User’s Guide to Democracy: How America Works by Nick Capodice and Hannah McCarthy

• State Primary Election Types (ncsl.org)

• Primary Election Systems (ncsl.org)

• Presidential primaries and caucuses | USAGov

• Political Primaries: How Are Candidates Nominated?  |  The Presidential Election Process  |  Elections  |  Classroom Materials at the Library of Congress  |  Library of Congress (loc.gov)

• What is a Caucus? - The Council of State Governments (csg.org)

• Republican National Convention (gopconvention2024.com)

• FAQs - Chicago DNC 2024 (chicago2024.com)

• What’s the Difference Between a Caucus and a Primary? (informationstation.org)

• Primary Election Dates | U.S. Vote Foundation (usvotefoundation.org)

• National conventions | USAGov

• A Primary Battle — Civics 101: A Podcast (civics101podcast.org)

• Democrats may soon shake up primary calendar: Why it matters and who could replace Iowa - ABC News (go.com)

• Democrats vote to change order of 2024 presidential primary | PBS NewsHour

• 2024 Presidential Election Calendar: Primary, Caucus & Event Dates (nbcnews.com)

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