Unit 4 Review - Elections

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When people don't turn out to vote because they don't care, it is known as what?

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Voter Apathy

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Why are political parties essential to democratic government?

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They are a link between representatives and their constituents.

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George Washington did not like political parties because...

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they divided the country

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A ballot used when people know they will be out of town on the day of the elections?

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Absentee Ballot

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An attempt to promote a particular person or idea?

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Propaganda

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The two main ways states send people to the national convention are primaries and:

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caucuses

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Candidates for the larger political parties are chosen at party meetings called: the Electoral College, delegates, campaigns, conventions

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conventions

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A Political Party is?

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a group of persons who seek to control government by winning elections and holding office.

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Major meeting, party’s delegates vote to pick their official Pres. & VP candidates

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National Convention

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A party-nominating election in which any qualified voter can take part

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Open Primary