U.S. Government and Politics - Chapter 6-8

POLITICAL PARTIES:

The United States basically has a _______ party system.

POLITICAL PARTIES:

A party ____________ is the official statement of partly policy on a wide range of issues.

POLITICAL PARTIES:

The ____________ is the current office holder.

POLITICAL PARTIES:

The congressional campaign committees for each house of Congress raise money for three main purposes:.

• to help re-elect the incumbent

• to ensure that seats given up by retiring officials stay within the party

• to select campaigns to unseat incumbent from the other party

• to make America great again

• to create subcommittees to draw up amendments to the Constitution

CAMPAIGNS AND ELECTIONS:

An election that is held as part of the process of nominating a candidate for president

• Presidential Primary

• Blanket Primary

• Runoff Primary

• Open Primary

• Closed Primary

CAMPAIGNS AND ELECTIONS:

Held between the two top vote-getters in the first primary race in order to determine a nominee.

• Presidential Primary

• Blanket Primary

• Runoff Primary

• Open Primary

• Closed Primary

CAMPAIGNS AND ELECTIONS:

Voters do not have to choose which party nominating process they want to participate in; rather, voters receive a ballot with all the candidates and they can participate however they choose.

• Presidential Primary

• Blanket Primary

• Runoff Primary

• Open Primary

• Closed Primary

CAMPAIGNS AND ELECTIONS:

Any qualified voter may participate in the nomination process for a party's candidate.

• Presidential Primary

• Blanket Primary

• Runoff Primary

• Open Primary

• Closed Primary

CAMPAIGNS AND ELECTIONS:

Limited to declared members of that party. Only registered members of the party can vote.

• Presidential Primary

• Blanket Primary

• Runoff Primary

• Open Primary

• Closed Primary

CAMPAIGNS AND ELECTIONS:

A nominating device where a group of people gather together to select a candidate, or in the case of a presidential one, vote for their preference.