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It's the type of election that determines the candidate of a major political party.
What is a primary election? (Or "direct primary")
The final step in the nomination process is this political party "party" (like the RNC or DNC).
What is a national convention?
Bill Clinton, George W. Bush and Donald Trump all successfully ran for president as someone who was NOT part of mainstream politics inside our nation's capital. They therefore ran as "Washington _________" ("O")
What are Washington Outsiders?
What is New Hampshire?
How many US states are named for a president?
What is 1?
It's the type of direct primary in which only registered members of a certain political party can vote.
What is a closed primary?
Some states use a more open way (than a secret ballot) of choosing delegates for candidates that usually involves very political people. ("C")
What is a caucus?
A politically important delegate to the Democratic National Convention (like a US Senator) who is NOT pledged to a particular candidate is called one of these ... Clark Kent?
What is a "Superdelegate"?
It's a statement of a political party's purpose and goals.
What is the party "platform"?
What is the only US state that ends with a "k"?
What is New York?
It's the term for an election held to determine a state's governor.
What is a gubernatorial election?
A type of primary in which any registered voter can choose one candidate from any political party (only two states currently use a form of this)
What is a "blanket primary"?
Which president with no military experience won the 1952 election and was inaugurated in 1953?
Who is Dwight D. Eisenhower?
It's the day, usually in early March, in which many states hold primaries on the same day.
What is "Super Tuesday"?
What NYC landmark is also the largest movie theater in the US?
What is Radio City Music Hall?
In most Congressional districts, the candidate who wins the most votes wins the election. They have won a _____ of votes (not necessarily a majority)
What is a plurality?
Some states require, in their primaries, that a candidate receive a certain percentage of votes to win. If no candidates reach that threshold, then one of these elections takes place.
What is a "run-off" election?
The name of either the 1992 or 1996 candidates who ran for president using their own money, and without the nomination of either major political party. (R.P. or S.F)
Who are Ross Perot or Steve Forbes?
What is a party's national convention?
Which nation has no physical exports?
What is the Vatican City (Holy See)
It's the number of Congressional districts in NY State.
What is 26?
It's the number of Congressional districts in NYC.
What is 13?
It's the number of states that use a direct primary to determine the candidates of political parties.
{Range of + or - 3)
What is 39?
The percentage of votes in a presidential primary that allows candidates to get federal matching funds.
What is 10%?
What Yukon mining district was the site of an 1890s gold rush?
What is The Klondike?