Miscellaneous
Today the __________ that parties choose for their national nominating conventions are chosen in an effort to flood it for nearly a week
cities
The minimum number of electoral votes needed for a candidate to win the presidency
270
As the major parties have become more democratized, the traditional party organizational mechanism has gotten ___________
weaker
These two states hold the first caucus and first primary respectively in an election year
Iowa
New Hampshire
They win most of their delegates in the primaries long before the conventions are held
presidential candidates
This type of primary requires participants to be registered members of one party and vote only for the candidates from that party
closed primary
voting for a weak candidate in an opposing party's primary to cause greater difficulty in the major opponent's nomination
crossover voting
How are candidates chosen in most states that do not hold primary elections?
caucuses
Two basic purposes of the presidential primary
to open up the nomination process to more candidates
to make national delegate selection more democratic