Vocabulary
The vote for a U.S. presidential candidate made by the qualified voters
What is a popular vote?
It is an opening election in which voters select the candidate who will run on a political party's ticket in the general election
What is a primary election?
The first two political parties.
What is the Federalist vs Democratic Republican?
A strong government role in promoting equality, social justice, and economic regulation.
What is the Democratic Party?
Every _____ years, the US takes a census to determine the number of reps that each state gets in the House of Reps.
What is 10?
supports emphasis on community and higher taxes especially for high-income earners.
What is a democrat?
a final election in which voters choose the candidates who will fill elected offices, such as the President.
What is a general election?
True or False: The democratic party has always been called the democratic party.
What is false; It was originally called the Democratic Republican.
Advocates for lower taxes for all income brackets.
What is the Republican Party?
Putting as many members of one party into one district to limit the amount of seats they win.
What is packing?
supports emphasis on individual freedom and lower taxes for all
What is a republican?
refers to a primary election system where any registered voter can participate, regardless of their declared political party affiliation
What is an open election?
Party led by Thomas Jefferson and James Madison
What is the Democratic-Republican Party?
Focuses on traditional values and prioritizes religious freedom.
Splitting voters of the opposing party into two different districts.
What is cracking?
the practice of dividing or arranging a territorial unit into election districts in a way that gives some political party an unfair advantage in elections,
What is gerrymandering?
A type of primary election where only voters who are registered members of a specific political party can vote to select that party's candidate for the general election.
What is a closed election?
Party led by Alexander Hamilton and John Adams
What is the Federalist Party?
Where do Republicans' beliefs come from?
What is the Constitution?
How did the name Gerrymandering come to be?
What is the Massachusetts Governor Elbridge Gerry. The map he created looked like a salamander, so Gerry + Salamander = Gerrymandering
a closed meeting of a group of persons belonging to the same political party or faction usually to select candidates or to decide on policy
What is a Caucus?
is a formal process in which the President and Vice President of the US are indirectly elected.
What is an electoral college?
What is the original name for the republican party?
What is a whig?
Where does the Democratic Party base its values on?
What is modern liberalism?
Bonus Questions: What is Kaela's favorite food?
What is everything she sees?