Voting
A primary in which any qualified voters can cast ballots is a(n) ____ primary
What is open
The maximum number of consecutive years a President can serve as President
What is 10 years
An election that voters decide which of the candidates within a party will represent the party in the general election
What is a primary
A person that is already holding a political office
What is incumbent
This word describes those individuals who wrote our constitution
Who were the framers
The electorate is
What is the potential voting population
How long is one term for a State Representative?
What is 2 years
A primary election where only the party’s registered voters are eligible to participate
What is closed primary
Drawing the boundaries of legislative districts in bizarre or unusual shapes to favor one party
What is gerrymandering
What word describes our system of government?
What is a democracy
What is the number of electors per state equivalent to
What is the number of senators and representatives state has in congress
How long is one term for a Senator
What is 6 years
A second primary election between the two candidates receiving the greatest number of votes in the first primary-contest between the two candidates with the greatest number of votes
What is a runoff primary
Voting for a candidate because you favor his or her for handling issues
What is Prospective voting
This word describes the fight for the right to vote
What is suffrage
When candidates for a local office are not identified by party labels they are nominated through a(n) _____ primary
What is nonpartisan
Who becomes President if the Current President dies during a term
Who is the Vice-President
The tendency for states to choose an early date on the nomination calendar
What is front-loading
These occur when voters cast their ballots for congressional candidates of the president’s party because they support the president, can also mess up incumbents
What is presidential coattail
This word describes those who are denied the right to vote
What is disenfranchise
Most elections happen on the date Congress set for national elections, which is
What is the Tuesday after the first Monday of November of every even year
Who becomes President if the President and Vice-President die during a term
Who is the Speaker of the House
An election in which voters can remove an incumbent from office prior to the next scheduled election
what is recall
An election that takes place in the middle of a presidential term, messes with incumbency
What is midterm election
This word describes the possible voting population
What is the electorate