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100
Written statement of a political party's views on important issues
What is a platform?
100
Place where citizens go to vote.
What is a polling place?
100
The two major political parties today.
What is Democrat & Republican?
100
True or false? The candidate who receives the largest number of popular votes always becomes the President.
What is false?
100
A person who runs for political office.
What is a candidate?
200
An agreement between two or more political parties to work together
What is a coalition?
200
Group of citizens with similar views on public issues who work to put their ideas into government action
What is a political party?
200
The largest party committee is the _______________?
What is the national committee?
200
True or false? The U.S. Constitution calls for a two-party system?
What is false?
200
The group of people that casts the official vote that elects the president & vice president.
What is the Electoral College?
300
The range of differences in political views between parties
What is political spectrum?
300
Election in which voters may choose the candidates of any party.
What is an open primary?
300
In the general election, a candidate for President receives this.
What is the popular vote?
300
Voting for all the candidates of one political party is called a ___________________.
What is a straight ticket?
300
The type of votes cast by citizens in presidential elections.
What is popular vote?
400
Local voting districts in counties, cities, and wards
What are precincts?
400
The term for each part of a political party's platform.
What is a plank?
400
Presidential candidates that accept public financing can't accept this after winning the nomination.
What is private donations?
400
A candidate must win this many electoral votes to become President.
What is 270 or more.
400
-organize at local, state, & national levels; raise money; set up committees
What do political parties do?
500
A person who casts an official vote that elects the President of the United States.
What is an elector?
500
Means to select candidates to run for political office.
What is nominate?
500
The number of electors is equal to this.
What is the total number of senators and representatives that state has in Congress?
500
The first thing you have to do before you are allowed to vote.
What is register to vote.
500
A presidential candidate wins 51% of the popular vote. What is true?
What is the candidate still needs to win the majority of the electoral college votes.