Series of small meetings designed to select the candidate and delegates to attend the national convention.
What is the caucus?
100
A Special elections in which voters select candidates to be the party’s nominee for president in the general Election.
What is Presidential Primary Elections?
100
Eligible citizens of the U.S. cast votes for the candidate of their choice for President
What do people do in the General Election?
100
An assembly held by political parties every four years Usually held in late summer before the general election in November
Can you recall what Nominating Conventions is?
100
Can you identify how much electoral votes does a candidate need to win the election?
270 electoral votes
200
People selected at the state convention to represent their State at the national convention.
What are delegates?
200
Voters can only vote for the party they registered with.
What is a closed primary?
200
Held on the Tuesday after the first Monday in November.
( November 2-8)
When is the general election held?
200
A statement of principles and objectives a political party and a candidate support.
How would you describe a platform?
200
What if no candidate has a majority of electoral votes?
The House of Representatives selects the president from among the three presidential candidates with the most electoral votes.
300
Any qualified voter can vote.
What is an open primary?
300
The first major electoral event in the election process, The winner of the Iowa caucus has served as an indication of the person who will win their parties nomination.
What is the Iowa caucus?
300
What does the General Election determine?
Popular vote winner in each state helps determine the electors who will cast the official vote in the Electoral
College.
300
What is the purpose of the Nominating Conventions?
At the convention the party adopts a platform
to unify support behind common goals.
300
The most votes.
What is Plurality?
400
The first primary of election year, Early success incontests /must perform well to continue in race
What is the New Hamshire primary?
400
What is the importance of Early Caucuses and Primaries?
They significantly narrow the field of candidates.
400
Can you identify who sets dates, time, and secret ballots in the General Election?
Federal Government
400
How can you describe the Inauguration?
The inauguration of the president of the United States is a ceremonial event marking the commencement of a new four-year term of a president of the United States
400
What can you recognize if in a close race, the popular vote winner may not win the electoral college?
One candidate may win states by lopsided margins while the other wins states by narrow margins.
500
Refers to the Tuesday in February or March of a presidential election year when the greatest number of states hold primary elections.
What is Super Tuesday?
500
Major-party presidential nominees are selected, President and Vice President are selected
What are Conventions?
500
Can you identify who decides how to administer the election?
State Government
500
How would you summarize The Keynote Address?
The speech given at the convention that embodies that
party’s message.
500
Each state is entitled to as many electoral votes as
the sum of its representation. Can you identify the representation?