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the electoral college

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protects the small states from being overwhelmed by the large states.

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the electoral college vote diverged from the popular vote in three elections during our nation's history; these divergences occurred in

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1876,1888, and 2000

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in 2000, for the first time since __, the electoral college vote diverged from the popular vote.

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1888

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in the 2000 presidential elections, Al Gore

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won the popular vote

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a candidate who wins the popular vote nationally

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may yet lose in the electoral college.

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to win the presidency, a candidate needs __ electoral college votes.

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270

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There are __ electoral college votes.

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538

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a __ is held at the state or local level when the voters must decide an issue before the next general election.

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special election

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the general election is a regularly scheduled election held in

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even-numbered years on the Tuesday after the first Monday in November

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a __ is held to select the US president, vice president, and senators and representatives in congress.

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general election

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the president and vice president are elected every __ years

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four

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members of the house of representatives are elected every __ years

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two

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members of the senate are elected every __ years

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six

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a secret ballot that is prepared, distributed, and counted by government officials at public expense is known as the __ ballot.

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Australian

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in most states, __ provides a list of registered voters and makes certain that only qualified voter cast ballots.

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an election board

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__ are representatives from each political party who are allowed to monitor polling places to make sure that the election is run fairly and that fraud doesn't occur

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poll watchers

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when citizens vote for president and vice president, they are not voting directly for the candidates. instead, they are voting for electors who will cast their ballots

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in the electoral college

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the electors are selected during each presidential election year by the

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states' political parties

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each state has

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as many electoral votes as it has US senators and representatives

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the district of Columbia has

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three electoral voters

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if a state has a thirty-six members in the house of representatives, it has __ electoral votes.

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thirty-eight

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the electoral college system is primarily a winner-take-all system, in which

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the candidate who receives the largest popular vote in a state is credited with all that state's electoral votes

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the states of ___ and __ are the only exceptions to the winner-take-all feature of the electoral college.

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Maine; Nebraska

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in December, after the general election, electors meet in __ to cast their votes for president and vice president

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their state capitals

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in __, after the general election, electors meet in their state capitals to cast their votes for president and vice president

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December

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after the electors cast their votes, the ballots are sent to

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the US senate, which counts and certifies them before a joint session of congress held early in January

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__ and __ have the most electoral votes

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California; Texas

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states with the fewest electoral votes include __ and __

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Alaska; north Dakota

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if no presidential candidate receives the required number of electoral votes,

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the house of representatives votes on the candidates, with each state delegation casting only a single vote

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twice, in__ and __, no presidential candidate got an electoral college majority.

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1800;1824

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if no vice pres. candidate receives the required number of electoral votes, the

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senate chooses the v.p., with each state delegation casting only a single vote

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the first step in the long road to winning an election is

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the nomination process

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when elections fail, __ preconditions for freedom are not invariably lacking

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a liberal, market economy

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__ isn't a typical way to nominate a candidate for public office

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electoral college

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in the 2008 presidential elections, barack Obama

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won the support of only 32.6 percent of eligible voters

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this president came closest to winning a majority of the popular vote, even though he had the support of fewer than 40 percent of the electorate.

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Lyndon Johnson

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beginning in 1800, members of congress who belonged to the two political parties held __ to nominate candidates for president and vice president

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caucuses

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the congressional caucus system collapsed in __. it was widely seen as undemocratic.

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1824

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in 1824, the __ had to decide the presidential contest. it picked John Quincy Adams, even though Andrew Jackson had won more popular and electoral votes

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house of representatives

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in 1832, both parties settled on the __ as the method of choosing candidates for president and vice president.

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national nominating convention

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not until __ did ordinary voter in all states gain the right to select delegates to the national presidential nomination conventions

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1972

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by __, the convention system was the most common method of nomination political party candidates at the state and national level.

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1840

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those who attend a political party nominating convention are called __, and they are chosen to represent the people of a particular geographic area.

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delegates

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__ is accurate.

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in an indirect primary, voters choose delegates, who in turn choose the candidates.

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the power of states to run primary elections is limited by

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the first amendment right of freedom of association

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in an __ primary, voters can vote for a party's candidate regardless of whether they belong to the candidate's party.

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open

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in a __ primary, only party members can vote to choose that party's candidates, and they may vote only in the primary of their own party.

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closed

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in a __ primary, voters can vote for candidates from more than one party.

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blanket

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a __ allows voters to go to the polls to decide among candidates who seek nomination for office from their party.

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primary election

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in an __ primary, voters cast ballots for delegates who in turn choose the candidates.

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indirect

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currently, __ states choose national convention delegates through caucuses.

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twelve

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as more states opted to hold presidential primaries,

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the drama of national party conventions diminished

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the __ committee of each national political party evaluates the claims of national party convention delegates to be the legitimate representatives of their states.

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credentials

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with the rise of candidate-centered campaigns, the role of the __ in managing campaigns has declined.

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political party

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__ now manage nearly all aspects of a presidential candidate's campaign

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political consultants

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when major campaigns take time to discover negative information about opposing candidates, they are engaging in

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opposition research

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microtargeting

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is a process that involves collecting as much information as possible about voters in a database and then filtering out various groups for special attention.

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in the 2012 election cycle, the average house candidate spent about

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1.1 million

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total presidential campaign spending, including by candidates who lost in the primaries and through independent expenditures, reached __ in the 2011-2012 election cycle.

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4.5 billion

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under the federal election campaign laws, public financing for the general election is provided, if presidential candidates

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are willing to accept campaign-spending limits

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the federal election campaign act (FECA) allowed corporations, labor unions, and special interest groups to set up national__ to raise money for candidates.

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political action committees(PAC)

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under the FECA, there is __ limit on the total amount of PAC contributions during an election cycle.

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no

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under the FECA, political action committees(PACs) can contribute up to __ per candidate in each election.

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5,000

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soft money is

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a political contribution not regulated by federal law.

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the Bipartism Campaign Reform Act of 2002 (McCain-Feingold)

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banned soft money at the national level

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as a result of the supreme court's decision in Citizens United vs. Federal Election Commission(2010) and a federal court of appeals ruling in Speechnow vs. FEC(2010)

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groups cannot spend money on political ads that attack or praise specific candidates.

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after the supreme court's decision in Citizens United vs. Federal Election Commission(2010) and a federal court of appeals ruling in Speechnow vs. FEC(2010), a new type of organization came into existence to take advantage of the new rules. known officially as "independent-expenditure only committees," the new bodies were soon dubbed

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super PACs

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in the 2012 presidential elections, Fred Eyechaner gave more than 8 million to __ super PACs and committees

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democratic

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according to some lawyers, a 501(c)4 organization could make limited contribution directly to a candidate's campaign

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and could conceal the identities of its donors.

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