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| is the candidate’s or political party’s declaration of beliefs in areas such as crime, drug abuse, education. |
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| Is an election held before the general election in which candidates from the same party compete for the party nomination. |
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Democrats run against Democrats and
Republicans run against Republicans. The Democrat winner
and the Republican winner face each other in the general election. |
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| What are the two types of primaries? |
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| open primary and closed primary |
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only registered party members may
take part in the election and vote for their party’s
candidate. |
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any
registered voter may vote for any
Candidate running in the election. |
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| Regularly scheduled statewide elections at which voters make the final selection for public office-holders |
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| A repeat election between 2 front runners in a prior election when no candidate has received a majority of votes. usually held in places where the law requires a majority vote. |
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In a majority election one candidate must receive more than 50% of the vote usually in a two person race.
Candidate A: 50.1%
Candidate B: 49.9% |
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the candidate that receives the highest
percentage of votes wins the election |
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caucus is a meeting of members of a political party to
coordinate members' actions, choose group policy, or
nominate candidates for office. |
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The only nationwide election in the country is
the? |
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| The number of electors in each state is equal to |
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| the number of each state’s representatives in both houses of Congress. |
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| Each state has a number of electors equal to the number of its |
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| U.S. senators plus the number of its U.S. representatives |
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| When a candidate wins the popular vote of a state on election day, that candidate wins the party electors for that state and those electors will vote in their respective state capitol for president. |
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| How the Electoral College works |
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| What makes the Electoral College democratic |
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that it is based
on the popular vote of the state |
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