Who nominates (and seconds the nomination) of presidential candidates in the USA?

Question

In parliamentary procedure (Robert's rules of order) a candidate for office needs to be nominated from the floor and seconded by at least one other before being considered for office. I know there is no formal nomination procedure before the conventions. Are potential presidential candidates chosen by the political parties, the media, or do they nominate themselves (by a toss of their hat) and so start these early campaigns that take up so much time on the "tube" and in the papers and cost so much money?

Add on: In my limited experience with parliamentary procedure it was considered a serious breach of ettiquette (bad form) for a person to nominate him or herself. If the candidates nominate themselves prior to conventions shouldn't this be publicized. This may date me as the modern trend is to "put yourself first" in about all endeavors. But a nomination by someone other than the candidate him/herself is a first indication of his/her approval by the public.

Answer 1

Nominations are made from the floor by members of the party at the convention. However, the party chair, who conducts the meeting chooses on whom he will call. Thus, the nominator is selected a long time before the convention, and when the time comes, though many hands may be raised asking for recognition, the chair will call on the one pre-selected to make the actual nomination. Same for seconds. Watch the conventions and see what happens.
The real question is once all the nominations are made, who will be chosen as the party's "standard bearer?" After all those who would be nominated are listed, the convention votes. Each party has a different procedure for this voting and each party has a different number of votes necessary to claiming the final nomination. Usually the delegates to the convention are selected to vote for a certain candidate. For instance, Rudy Giuliani might win the Iowa primary vote, so all the delegates to the convention from Iowa have to vote for him as presidential nominee. Romney might win in New Hampshire, so the delegates from there have to vote for him, and so on. However, the requirement to vote for a given candidate might extend only through the first ballot, or through the second or third, but eventually the delegates are released from their obligation and can vote for whomever they wish. Of course over the past 20 years, each major party has nominated a particular person on the first ballot.
So, to answer your question. Yes, the convention is run by Robert's Rules. But the rules are modified to suit the particular party.
By the way, the American House and Senate, each have a set of parliamentary rules, differing from each other, and differing from Robert's.
I believe the rules for the Senate are called: The Rules for Conduct of the Business of the United States Senate.(They are not called "Robert's Rules of Order.")

Answer 2

Who Nominates Presidential Candidates

Answer 3

1st off, a person announces that he or she seeks the office & thereby becomes a 'candidate' & proceeds with a campaign to raise nat'l awareness of their personality & political issues. Then we have the primary election cycle whereupon the candidate with the most votes becomes the presumed nominee & then proceeds to the national Rep or Dem convention to accept the nomination. In the event of a very close primary selection there are sometimes several votes to formalize the nomination.

Answer 4

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