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Revision as of 12:45, 5 October 2008
Description of US Presidential Election Process
Presidential Elections in the United States: A Primer. Kevin J. Coleman et al. Congressional Research Service. April 17, 2000. 53 pp. CRS Report RL30527.
An excellent primer that describes the four stages of the presidential election process: the pre-nomination primaries and caucuses for selecting delegates to the national conventions; the national nominating conventions; the general election; and voting by members of the electoral college to choose the president and vice president.
http://www.senate.gov/reference/resources/pdf/RL30527.pdf
This entry on the MSN Encarta online encyclopedia describes the US election process and would be good background for the course:
http://encarta.msn.com/encyclopedia_761569491/Election.htm
Both the New York Times and CNN have sections devoted to the election which include discussions of the election system. You can also watch the debates there (or at least excerpts of the debates - though you can also see most of these on youtube,: