Winning the Presidency
Established in Article II of the Constitution, this body of electors formally chooses the President and Vice President every four years.
What is the electoral college?
In order to do this, you must register, be at least 18, and be a citizen of the United States.
What is vote?
This organized group of people with similar beliefs and opinions seeks to influence government by getting its candidates elected to public office.
What is a political party?
These qualities are important for winning an election.
What are: money, organizing, and reputation?
It takes this many electoral votes to win the presidency.
What is 270?
There are two types of elections that happen before the general election. One allows members of either party to vote, the other only allows members of their own party to vote in their own election. The two types are called:
What are open and closed primaries?
These groups are formed because they have different beliefs, and while they never win, they influence elections by taking votes from other candidates.
What is a third party?
Younger voters, African Americans and Hispanics, women, those who earn a lower income, and costal residents tend to vote for this party.
What is the democratic party?
The number of electors each state gets is determined by adding the number of these two institutions.
What are the house of representatives and the senate?
Intra party races to represent the party in the general election are called what?
What are primaries?
These two groups are the dominant political parties in the United States.
What are democrats and republicans?
Older voters, whites, men, those who earn a higher income, and mid-western and southern residents tend to vote for this party.
What is the republican party?
In the event that no presidential candidate receives a majority of Electoral College votes, this legislative body chooses the President, with each state delegation casting one vote.
What is the house of representatives?
Due to the "winner-take-all" system and the merging of smaller parties in larger ones, the US has this system.
What is the two party system?
This party believes in lower taxes, smaller government, gun rights, restricting abortion, strong immigration laws, and high budgets for the military.
What is the republican party?
This type of elector pledges to vote for one candidate, but then votes for the other.
What is a faithless elector?
This constitutional amendment, ratified in 1961, granted three Electoral College votes to residents of the nation’s capital.
What is the 23rd amendment?
This term describes the agreed upon opinions and stances of each party.
What is a platform?
This political party believes in higher taxes to fund social programs, gun restrictions, LGBTQ+ and abortion rights, less restriction on immigration, and action against climate change.
What is the democratic party?
This word is used to describe advertisements or other media that is used to persuade viewers, often by using emotional language and only showing one side of the story.
What is propoganda?