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What happens after voters cast their ballots in November?
The process of electing a president continues
This factor, crucial for success, often determines whether voters will support candidates with little national familiarity.
What is name recognition.
What is the first step in calculating voter turnout?
In order to be eligible to vote in the United States, a person must be a?
citizen, resident, and eighteen years old.
Early voting
An accommodation that allows voting up to two weeks before Election Day.
How do states typically allocate their electoral votes?
States employ a winner-take-all system in which the candidate winning the most votes in that state takes all the electoral votes of that state
In this phase of the election, candidates must adapt their strategies to a crowded field, where party identification is less helpful and voters need to research multiple options.
What are primary elections.
What is the voting-eligible population?
The voting-eligible population includes all citizens 18 or older who are allowed to vote
what is the residency requirement?
establishes how long a citizen must live in a state before becoming eligible to register: it is often thirty days.
Electoral College
The constitutionally created group of individuals, chosen by the states, with the responsibility of formally selecting the next U.S. president.
How many electoral votes are required to win the presidency?
270
In a field of candidates, this becomes essential as voters seek quick and reliable information, leading candidates to prioritize media coverage and interviews over traditional campaign ads.
What is cantidate visibility.
What do we count first when calculating voter turnout?
Count how many ballots were cast in the election
what act was passed in 2002?
The Help America Vote Act
Closed primary
An election in which only voters registered with a party may vote for that party’s candidates.
What occurs if there is a tie in the electoral college?
The president is decided in a state delegation vote by the then-sitting House of Representatives, with one vote granted to each state delegation
In primary elections, candidates often avoid mentioning political parties in their ads, instead focusing on issue positions and name recognition.
What are campaign ads.
What is the voting age population?
18 years or older
how many states participate in the Interstate Voter Registration Crosscheck Program, which allows states to check for duplicate registrations?
Twenty-nine states
Top-two primary
A primary election in which the two candidates with the most votes, regardless of party, become the nominees for the general election.
What are faithless electors?
Those who don't cast their electoral votes for the candidate that won their state
The increased turnout in general elections, leading campaigns to use emotion-based negative ads, which, despite their potential to discourage overall turnout, tend to be memorable.
What are negative campaign ads.
Why is it hard to count the VEP?
Some people can't vote due to rules like having a felony or other restrictions
what percentage of black people were registered to vote at Mississippi, in 1965
6.7 percent
Caucus
Form of candidate nomination that occurs in a town-hall style format.