Government Alive Ch 10 Terms: Elections

The largest number of votes in an election. The winner of the election can win with fewer than 50% of the votes.

• Winner-take-all system

• Plurality

• Primary election

• General election

The group of people, from each state and Washington DC, that officially elect the President and Vice President.

• Electoral College

• Presidential Electors

• Framers

• Congress

System in which the candidate who wins the popular vote for a state receives all of the state's Electoral Votes.

• recall

• referendum

• proposition

• winner-take-all

• initiative

How many electoral votes must a presidential candidate have to win and election?

• 280

• 270

• 346

What does winner-take all mean in a presidential election?

• the state's winner of the popular vote gets all of the electoral votes for that state

• the state's winner will then move on to the runoff election

An election in which voters determine their political party's nominee for an elective office?

• General election

• Mid-term election

• Primary election

• Off-year elecction

An election in which voters choose among candidates from different parties to fill an elective office. They occur every year on the first Tuesday, after the first Monday in November.

• Primary election

• Plurality

• Caucus

• General election

A meeting of party members to choose party officials or nominees for elective office. Some states use this rather than a formal primary election.

• Closed primary

• Open primary

• General election

• Caucus

Political activists who embrace the core values of their party and are more likely to vote in primary elections than less dedicated voters.

• Party base

• Coattail effect

• Winner-take-all system

• Independent voter

The influence that a popular politician may have on voters, making them more likely to choose other candidates from his/her party.

• Plurality

• Coattail effect

• Winner-take-all

• Stump speech