This book explains the presidential election process in the United States. It provides general information about Presidential candidates and their campaigns and it reviews the laws, activities, and customs that govern each of the four stages of the process -- the primary campaign, the national nominating conventions, the general election, and the electoral college.

CONTENTS: Contents: Overview
Political Parties
Eligibility to Vote
Nominations and Elections
Financing Election Campaigns
Election Administration and Voting
Index.