Part one of term paper
The was dependent on the performance of the candidates in the primaries leading up to the March 14 election date. As the candidates approached March 7, the new front-loaded Super Tuesday, the gap between the frontrunners, Democrat Al Gore and Republican George W. Bush, and their respective challengers, Bill Bradley and John McCain, gradual ...

Part two of term paper
... attend their party conventions. The population of the state roughly determines the allotment of delegates. Primary voters and caucus participants choose delegates who will support their favored candidate at their respective party's convention. Primary voters go to the polls to elect the delegates and caucus participants go to meetings in their precincts to discuss and openly elect the candidate that they support. The party conventions, held in the summer before the November general election, forma ...