Presidential Elections

The second week of March is Super Tuesday when up to 11 states hold their primaries or caucuses.

• True

• False

Election day in the United States happens on the first Tuesday after the first Monday in November.

• True

• False

The first step in electing the president is the nomination process.

• True

• False

The President and Vice-President are sworn in to office,

according to the 20th Amendment,

on what day?

• January 20th at noon.

• April 15th at 8 am.

• The first Tuesday

  after the first Monday in November.

• January 2nd at noon.

Open Primaries are a contest within a party to select a candidate.

• True

• False

The states that have their primaries and caucuses early, have the following advantage:

• They receive a lot of

  attention from

  the candidates.

• Very few of

  the candidates

  are

  in the

  race.

• The states input is

  more important then on Super Tuesday.

• The states have

  to wait longer for the national convention.

Closed Primaries are contests in which allow all qualified voters are allowed to participate.

• True

• False

All of the following happen at the National Convention, except?

• The party is united

  behind one candidate.

• The presidential

  and vice-presidential

  candidates

  are officially

  nominated.

• Primaries are one day

  intraparty elections to determine a parties

  candidate for

  president.

• None of the above.