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An 11 page overview of the manner in which John Kerry secured the Democrat Party's nomination as presidential contender in 2004. This paper contends that Kerry's nomination is, in part, attributable to fate and in part to
Kerry's economic investment in his campaign. Bibliography lists 15 sources.
Page Count:
11 pages (~225 words per page)
File: AM2_PPpolNom.rtf
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U.S. presidency are two very successful but very inherently different men. One is incumbent President George W. Bush. The second, of course, is Senator John Kerry. Despite
their differences, both have achieved their status in life in very similar ways. Their currently jockeying for the most powerful office in the world is a reflection of this
countrys two party system. The political campaign process changed substantially in the past few decades. The emergence of candidate-centered campaigns has been at the helm of many of
these changes. With that emergence has come substantial increases in campaign cost and the consequent problem of financing those costs. Money, after all, is an extremely important determinant
in putting the face of a respective candidate before the voting public. This coupled with the ever-increasing divide between the major political parties has created a campaign scenario which
is vastly different from those experienced throughout our history. To illustrate this change we can compare the campaign of presidential hopeful John Kerry to those that have ran in
other recent elections. Even if he fails to win the presidency, Kerry has managed to secure the Democratic nomination for president. The
answer to the question of just how Kerry managed to do so is quite complex and multifaceted. To understand the full complexity it is first necessary to examine the
manner in which presidential candidates were nominated in previous generations. In the early 1800s this occurred as a result of congressional caucus. Congressional representatives would have met and
nominated their candidate of choice. The Democrats, a party that was actually known as the Democratic-Republicans in the 1830s, had their first convention in Baltimore in 1832 (Satterthwaite, 2004).
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