11.2 - Nominations

For all state-wide elections, what kind of primary does CA use today?

• Closed Primary

• Blanket Primary

• Open Primary

• Top Two Candidates Open Primary

Match the following terms with their defintion:

• Andrew Jackson

• Usually for school boards and municipal offices and no party labels are identified

• Nonpartisan Elections

• Not a fan of the caucus system and did away with it

• General Elections

• Regularly scheduled elections at which the final selection is made for officeholders

• Nomination

• The plan and agenda, hopes/expectations of the party

• Platform

• The naming of those who will seek office

Match the following kind of primary with its description:

• Direct Primary

• Intraparty election, held first to pick the candidate for the general election

• Closed orimaryt

• Every person gets the same ballot and vote on the same candidates, regardless of party

• Runoff Primary

• A nominating election one in which only declared party members can vote

• Open Primary

• Crossover primary, any qualified voter can vote

• Blanket

• If no one wins a majority, they run the top 2 vote getters a few weeks later

Match the following description with the nominating device

• Primary

• Group of like-minded people who meet to select candidate for elections

• Caucus

• Party's members meet in local caucus to pick local candidates and elect delegates to represent at national meetings

• Convention

• What is used today and because it is less divisive

Match the following criticism with the correct form of nominating one for public office

• Convention

• Party bosses manipulated the process, like in Cook County, Illinois

• Caucus

• Voter turnout is low and costs are high

• Primary

• For the elite and less for the common man

True or False: The presidential primary is the only way we elect a president and is not part of a bigger process?

• True

• False

What is the oldest form of the nomination process in running for elected office?

• Self-announcement

• Runoff primary

• Direct primary

• General election

True or False: The self-announcement for office because one lost the regular party nomination has happened a few times in the history of the US? But, none of them have won office.

• True

• False

Which state adopted the first blanket party law?

• California

• Alaska

• Hawaii

• Washington

This kind of nominating process can mostly be found at the local level of politics?

• Petition

• Write-in

• Mob rule

• Primary