Voting and Elections Ch' 7

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Voting and ElectionsCh. 7
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• How many electoral votes are needed to win the
  2008 election
• 270

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• Money given directly to a candidate for their
  campaign
• Hard money

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• Who is least likely to vote out of the following
  group 75 year old male with a HS degree 45
  year old female college dropout 18 year old HS
  graduate
• 18 year old HS graduate

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• An election where voters select people to hold
  an office
• General election

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• An organization set up to raise money to support
  candidates who favor their issue
• Political Action Committee (PAC)

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• Who can an elector vote for during the official
  Electoral College vote?
• Any presidential candidate (They do not have to
  vote for the winner of their state)

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• Name two major tasks delegates must do at the
  national convention in a presidential election
  year
• Nominate a candidate for president
• Nominate a candidate for vice president
• Approve a party platform

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• A special election where voters can remove a
  public official from office before his/her term
  is finished
• Recall

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• A meeting of political party members to conduct
  party businesssometime to select candidates for
  an office
• Caucus

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• Who selects the president if there is no
  majority in the Electoral College?
• House of Representatives

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• When will the 44th President of the United
  States officially take office?
• January 20, 2009

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• Another name for the right to vote
• Suffrage

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• A vote where the government asks the people to
  vote on a specific issue
• Referendum

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• List the requirements to be eligible to vote in
  the United States
• 18 years old
• Resident of the state for a specified period of
  time
• U.S. citizen

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• In this type of primary election, you must
  declare your party before you enter the voting
  booth
• Closed

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• When was the last time someone lost the popular
  vote, but still won the presidential election?
• 2000 (Bush defeated Gore)

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• What do we call the people who are eligible to
  vote in an election
• Electorate

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• Name 2 components of a winning political
  campaign
• Adequate financing
• Good candidate
• Political organization staff
• Support of the party
• Vulnerable opponent

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• When is the primary election held in Indiana?
• First Tuesday after the first Monday of May

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• Give one argument against the Electoral college
  system
• Can win popular vote, but not election
• Electors not proportional to population
• Gives smaller states more of a say
  (proportionally)
• More focus given to states with more electoral
  votes

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• Group of electors who cast a vote for the
  presidency
• Electoral College

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• Type of campaign propaganda where a candidate
  makes statements that sound good, but arent very
  specific?
• Glittering generalities

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• When is the general election held in the United
  States?
• First Tuesday after the first Monday of November

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• What do we call an election where parties choose
  their candidates
• Primary elections

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• If you vote for members of both parties on the
  general election ballot, then it is said you are
  voting what kind of ticket?
• Split ticket

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• Stage of a presidential campaign where the
  candidate tries to accumulate delegates to the
  national convention
• Pre-nomination (primaries and caucuses)

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• What is the least amount of states that a
  candidate can win and still win the presidency?
• 12

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• Type of campaign propaganda where a candidate
  tries to associate themselves with the average
  person?
• Plain folks

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• Give one reason as to why you should vote
• Choose your leaders
• Assess the performance of an incumbent leader
• Express opinions on public issues

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• What year were women given the right to vote?
• 1920