Terms
What is the Commander in Chief?
How long is a presidential term?
What is four years?
Why are National Conventions are formality?
What is you already know who is going to win the nomination?
What fraction of states hold primaries?
What is 3/4?
What day do you find out the official results of the election?
What is "Winner-Take-All"?
How many years can one person be president?
What is ten years?
What is the purpose of the National Convention?
What is delegates will nominate the party's presidential candidate?
What is the first step for elections?
What is primary elections?
How many votes do you need for a majority to win the presidency? (electoral college)
What is 270?
Who is able to choose who they want for nominations? (at the National Convention)
Who is a Super Delegate?
What are the three requirements to be president?
What is a natural born citizen, be at least 35 years of age, and have lived in the United States for 14 years?
What is to spur the delegates and set the tone?
When does the presidential campaign end?
What is on election day?
What type of session is held to count the elector votes?
What is a joint session?
What is a type of voting where each vote counts equally? (do away with electoral college)
What is Direct Popular Election?
Who serves as president if both the president and the vice president are unable to serve?
Who is speaker of the house?
What ends the National Convention?
What is the presidential nominee's acceptance speech?
What is a common mistake? (Hint: electoral college)
What determines who the electors vote for, for presidential elections? (except Maine & Nebraska)
What is who wins the majority in the election of their state?
What is the basic statement of the party's principles?
What is the platform?
What are the two main duties of the vice president?
What is presiding over the Senate and helps decide the question of presidential disability?
What are the three goals of the National Convention?
What is adopt party's platform, formally nominate presidential and vice presidential candidates, and unify the party behind those candidates?
Why did the Framers want the electoral college?
What is they did not trust the people to make informed decisions?
What are the three major problems of the electoral college?
What is
the winner of the popular vote does not necessarily win the election,
nothing in the Constitution requires the electors to vote for the candidate favored by their state,
and always possible that the House of Representatives will decide the outcome?