Crucial Changes in Regards to the Election of the President
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DANIEL SCHOFIELD-BODT THE AMERICAN PRESIDENCY TF: JEFF SULLIVAN CRUCIAL CHANGES IN REGARDS TO THE ELECTION OF THE PRESIDENT The most esteemed political position in United States government, the Presidency, possesses a storied, honored, and turbulent history. The road to the Presidency is just as sacred a path, but with even more twists and turns. While the power of the office has held relatively stable, the procedure in attaining and retaining that office has varied greatly over America's lifespan. There have been many changes in the way the President has been elected over the past 215 years and three of these alterations have revolutionized the means by which the Oval Office is secured. These three changes are George Washington's influence over the President's tenure, the 20th century shift from party convention nominee selection to party primary and caucus nominee selection, and finally the shift in the importance of money in recent...

