Unit 2 Review

total votes cast by voters in an election

• Majority

• Electorate

• Popular Vote

• Closed Primary

people chosen by you who make the formal vote for president

• Constituent

• Federal Elections Commission

• Political Action Committee

• Electoral College

Prejudice in favor of or against, considered to be unfair

• bias

• PAC

• vote

• Open Primary

Every person that can vote in an election

• Open Primary

• Electorate

• Closed Primary

• Super PAC

Which event would come last?

• Nomination

• General Election

• Caucus

• Convention

Closed Primary

• anyone can participate

• only small number of officials have a say

• only registered members of the party holding the primary can vote

• the curtains in the voting both are shut

Open Primary

• anyone who is registered can vote

• only party officials have a say

• only registered members of the party holding the primary can vote

• curtains in the voting booth are open

Electoral votes needed to win the presidency?

• 150

• 200

• 270

• 350

Criticism of the Electoral College

• too much power to the states with big populations

• too much power to the smaller states

• it is not a real college

• person can win president without having the majority of votes

Mid term elections are

• the president is chosen

• Governors of states are chosen

• some members of Congress are elected but not the president

• voters decide only local issues