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A member of the Electoral College who casts a vote for President
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Elector
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Votes that individual citizens cast for President. The winner of a state's __________________________ determines who will receive a state's electoral votes
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Popular Vote
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Votes cast by Electors in the Electoral College, there are currently 538 ___________________________ (House + Senate + DC) and a candidate must receive a majority of the ______________________________ (currently 270) in order to become President or Vice President
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Electoral Vote
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Number of Electoral Votes a candidate needs to receive in order to become President
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270
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Currently the total number of Electors/Electoral Votes in the Electoral College
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538
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Day that the President formally takes office, from 1793-1933 it was March 4th, but due to the 20th Amendment it is now January 20th.
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Inauguration Day
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Date that the President takes office, Inauguration Day
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January 20th
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Date that new Congress people and Senators take office following an election
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January 3rd
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35
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Age you must be to become president or vice president
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natural
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To become president or vice president you be a ____________ born citizen
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14
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the president or vice president must have lived in the U.S. for ________ consecutive years
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wealthy, educated, male, white, political experience
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Usually presidents and vice presidents are ...(5 things)
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10s of millions of dollars
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Campaigns cost
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use their own
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candidate needs to raise money or...
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(federal electoral college?)
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FEC
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commission
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sets rules on how + how much + from where a candidate can get money
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candidate's political party
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lots of money comes from/through
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follow same rules of FEC
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if you want to use your own money you don't have to
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4 years
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terms
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2
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serve up to ____ terms, because of 22nd Amendment b/c of FDR's 4 elections
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10
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Max # of years
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Air Force 1, Limos, Secret Service, Pension
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Benefits (4)
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keep getting paid after presidency
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Pension
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$400,000
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President salary
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travel budget and spending money
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also included in salary
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responsibilities
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Vice President has more _________ in Modern day
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special assignments
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Vice President often gets what from president
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succession
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Vice President is first inline for _______________
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succession
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25th amendment- created a list of
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538
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# of electoral college electors
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each state has the # of reps. + the # of senators (different people)
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= # of electors (equation)
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!
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powers not described in the Constitution, but that have been claimed by presidents
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inherent powers
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the right of the president and other high-ranking executive officers to refuse to testify before Congress or a count
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executive privilege
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an authorization to act given to a representative
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mandate
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to accuse a public official of misconduct in office
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impeach
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a rule issued by the president that has the force of law
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executive order
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to refuse to spend
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impound
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a presidential order that postpones legal punishment
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reprieve
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a presidential order that releases a person from legal punishment
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pardon
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a presidential order that pardons a group of people who have committed an offense against the government
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amnesty
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one not on active duty in the armed services or not on a police or firefighting force
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civilian
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protection of a nation-its lands and people-from foreign threats, whether from governments, organized groups, or individual terrorists
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national security
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the act of passing legislation into law again
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reauthorize
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a military court designed to try members of enemy forces during wartime, operating outside the scope of conventional criminal and civil proceedings
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military tribunal
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a great majority of voters for one side
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landslide
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something given or received as an equivalent for services
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compensation
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the order in which officials fill the office of president in case of a vacancy
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presidential succession
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a member of a pol't party chosen in each state to formally elect the president and vice president
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elector
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the institution that is composed of a set of electors who are chosen to elect a president and vice president into office every four years
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Electoral College
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the candidate who receives the most popular votes in a given state wins all the electoral votes for that state
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winner-take-all system
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an organization formed to collect money and provide financial support for pol't candidates
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pol't action committee (PAC)
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an independent regulatory agency created by Congress to enforce federal election laws
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Federal Election Commission (FEC)
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an event held before an election where members of the party go to the polls and vote on which candidate they want to see earn their party's nomination
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primary
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an event held before an election where members of a pol't party select delegates to send to the national party convention, where they will also vote to nominate a candidate
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caucus
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a meeting where pol't party members who have been chosen as delegates from each state vote for the candidate supported by their state's voters
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convention
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someone who represents a pol't party that is neither Democrat or Republican
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third-party candidate
