Section 1
The President is the ceremonial head of the government of the United States.
What is chief of state?
The scheme by which a presidential vacancy is filled.
What is Presidential succession?
The group of people from each state and the District of Columbia to formally select the President and Vice President.
What is electoral college?
Each candidate receives the percentage of delegates' votes proportional to the percentage of the party's votes they receive.
A voter that may vote for either party.
What is a swing voter?
The acknowledged leader of the political party that controls the executive branch.
What is the chief of party?
Laws specifying the order of presidential succession following the Vice President.
What is Presidential Succession Act of 1947?
A person elected by the voters to represent them in making a formal selection of the vice president and president.
What is presidential elector?
A closed meeting in which a party gathers to select delegates.
What is a caucus?
A state in which the race is very close.
What is a "battleground state?"
The maximum terms a President can serve.
What is eight years?
When a presidential candidate chooses a running mate who can strengthen his chance of being elected.
What is balance the ticket?
Votes cast by electors in the electoral college.
What is electoral votes?
Announces the party's presidential and vice presidential candidates.
What is a National Convention?
The plan in which the states' electoral votes will go to the winner of the popular vote.
Being a U.S. citizen is required to be President.
What is True?
The President can fire the Vice President.
What is false? The President cannot fire the Vice President.
The election of 1800 marked the introduction of three new elements into the process of selecting a President.
What is true?
A party's platform announcement.
What is a keynote address?
In 2016, when Hillary Clinton won the popular vote but lost the election, we saw an example of a flaw in this system.
What is the electoral college?