Category Archives: Invisible Primary

events in the time period after the election of a new president and the beginning of the first primary in the next presidential election year. e.g., CPAC, Iowa Democratic Party Hall of Fame; Iowa State Fair; Rep. Jim CLYBURN’S fish fry; NAACP Convention; Judicial Watch gatherings; state party annual dinners, new books; Sunday morning news programs; talk shows; travel to early contest states; meet the editors; straw polls; fund-raising. C-SPAN video archives and Transcripts in the online databases are good resources to locate events

Invisible Primary

“How to Understand the ‘Invisible Primary'”

This posts features various questions and answers with professor Hans Noel from Georgetown regarding information on the the Invisible Primary.

FiveTirtyEight.com – “Ignore What Potential 2024 Presidential Candidates Say. Watch What They Do.”

https://fivethirtyeight.com/features/ignore-what-potential-2024-presidential-candidates-say-watch-what-they-do/

Although a single candidate has yet to declare they are running for president in 2024, and in fact quite a few have denied it, this article on FiveThirtyEight.com argues that some  potential presidential hopefuls are already engaged in activities fall in line with typical “invisible primary” patterns. They point to visits to the early primary states of Iowa and New Hampshire by Gov. Kristi Noem and Sen. Tom Cotton as examples, as well as to speeches made at CPAC. Also among those to give speeches at CPAC were former Pres. Donald Trump, Sen. Ted Cruz, Sen. Josh Hawley, Sen. Rick Scott, Gov. Ron DeSantis and former SoS Mike Pompeo. This can be a crucial chance for presidential hopefuls to boost their national profile. They also point to legislative actions after the 2020 election on the part of Hawley, Cruz and Scott seeking to distinguish themselves, gain media attention, and signal opposition to Biden and support for Trump, which remains popular amongst the republican base.

Super Tuesday

https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2020/02/19/what-is-super-tuesday/?arc404=true

This article from the Washington Post highlights what Super Tuesday is and why it is extremely important for potential Presidential Candidates. For further information on Super Tuesday, especially how its use and importance has changed over the last 33 years, look to pages 86-89 in our textbook, Presidents and the American Presidency by Han & Heith.

CPAC – How It Works

CPAC stands for the Conservation Political Action Conference. This article highlights how it works and why it is important to Presidential Elections.

https://www.npr.org/2017/02/22/516535373/what-is-cpac-a-room-that-didnt-always-love-trump-but-owes-him-a-lot