Elections and Voting

Type of election that determines the nominee of a given party.

• General
• Primary
• Referendum
• Initiative

a direct vote in which an entire electorate is asked to either accept or reject a particular proposal, usually a piece of legislation.

• Referendum
• Intiative
• Recall
• Primary

An election, usually held at regular intervals, in which candidates are elected in all or most constituencies or electoral districts of a nation

• general
• primary
• recall
• intitiative

An election where anyone of any political party affiliation may vote to select a candidate for a particular party

• open primary
• closed primary
• open general
• closed general

An election where only those voters registered with that particular political party may vote to select a particular candidate.

• open primary
• closed primary
• open general
• closed genreal

 A group of persons selected by the voters in each state, that officially elects the president and vice president. 

• Direct Primary
• House of Represntatives
• Electoral College
• Senate

An electoral procedure whereby citizens can propose legislation or constitutional amendments and refer the decision to a popular vote.

• Referendum
• Recall
• Initiative
• Primary

How can citizens bring an issue or concern for a piece of legislation to the entire electorate on which to vote?

• by appealing to the chief executive, (mayor, governor president)
• by lobbying the legislature, providing them with information
• by obtaining the required number of signatures on a petition.
• by organizing a large protest that get sufficient media coverage

How many electors does each state have in the electoral college?

• each state has an equal number, 2
• Each state gets the same number of electoral votes as it has members of Congress.
• states with larger populations have less electors than smaller ones
• the number of electors per state are chosen at random to ensure fairness

How many total votes are up for grabs in the electoral college?

• 538
• 270
• 100
• 29