Election Processes
This event would occur last in a campaign season.
What is the General Election?
The number of electoral votes a presidential candidate needs to win.
What is 270?
Midterm elections are elections in which who are chosen?
What is some members of Congress?
Unlimited sums of money given to state and local party organizations for voting-related activities are called this.
What is Soft Money?
This is the term for all people entitled to vote in a given election.
What is the Electorate?
If a required majority is not met in a Direct Primary, this primary occurs next.
What is a Runoff Primary?
True or False: A common criticism of the Electoral College is that it allows a person to win the presidency without a majority of votes?
What is true?
The summation of all people in society’s views is also known by this term.
What is Public Opinion?
This party nominating election allows only declared party members to vote.
What is a Closed Primary?
A group formed to give money to political campaigns of candidates who benefit their interests is known as this.
What is a Political Action Committee (PAC)?
True or False: Survey/Questionnaire has been used to nominate candidates for federal office except this.
What is false?
True or False: Urban and upper class tend to have the lowest voting turnout.
What is false and who are rural and male?
Which is NOT a determining factor if one is eligible to vote? Age, citizenship, education and residency
What is education?
This election allows any qualified voter to participate, regardless of party.
What is an Open Primary?
Campaign money subject to regulation by the FEC is known as this.
What is Hard Money?
In a closed primary, only these people can vote.
Who are registered members of the party holding the primary?
This amendment lowered the minimum voting age to 18.
What is the 26th Amendment?
The media serves this role when it checks government corruption.
What is the Watchdog?
The total number of votes cast by qualified voters, not by the Electoral College, is known as this.
What is the Popular Vote?
This group is chosen every four years to make the formal selection of President and Vice President.
What is the Electoral College?
In an open primary, any of these individuals can participate.
Who is a registered voter?
This amendment allowed African Americans the right to vote.
What is the 15th Amendment?
This term describes a slanted point of view that inhibits impartial judgment.
What is bias?
This group enforces federal campaign finance laws in the United States.
What is the Federal Elections Commission (FEC)?
What is one way that gerrymandering hurts the political process?
What is districts favoring one political party or racial group, skewing election results, and making races less competitive.