Exam 10: Elections

Specifically, what institution is used to decide who becomes president?

The _____________ is a plan to revise the electoral college that would distribute a state's electoral college votes by giving one vote to the candidate who wins a plurality in each House district and two votes to the winner statewide.

Frontloading refers to

Elections are the primary mechanism that representative democracies use to achieve

______ is a type of election in which candidates from all political parties run in the same primary, and the candidate who receives the majority obtains the office.

____________ calls for the racial and ethnic makeup of Congress to reflect that of the nation.

The process of adjusting the number of House seats among the states based on population shifts Is known as

In order to win the presidential election, a candidate needs to win 538 electoral votes.

The "legislative caucus" method of presidential nominations violated the "separation of powers" principle because

The day in early March, called _____ is when several states hold their primaries. These states choose a significant portion of delegates to the national convention.

In ____________ the Supreme Court invalidated unequal congressional districts, saying that all legislative districts must contain about equal numbers of people.

Ticket "balancing" is no longer an issue between presidential and vice presidential candidate selection.

The National Popular Vote Plan

Parties are important for elections because

______ is the process through with political parties winnow down a field of candidates to a single one who will be the party's standard-bearer in the general election.

The Electoral College is

Parties select national convention delegates in _____ basic ways

Should "perks" be taken away from members of Congress? Why or why not?

The race for the White House is a race for

___________ are the congressional and gubernatorial contests that occur in the middle of a presidential term.