Unit 9 Practice Test

What were the first two political parties in the United States?

All adult citizens who meet the age and residency requirements to be eligible to vote in an election are called ___.

The voting process that narrows down all nominees from a party, allowing the highest vote-getter to move on the the general election, is called a ___.

When voters choose a mix of candidates from various parties, as opposed to voting solely for members of a single political party, this is known as ___.

AN "Off-year election year" election is when...

This is when the largest demographic group of voters is not more than 50% of ALL voters.

An incumbent politician is one who ___.

This allows eligible citizens to cast their ballots either in person at a polling place or by filling out a hand-marked paper ballot and returning it before Election Day with no reason necessary

What US region tends to have the greatest population concentration?

All votes cast nationally for a candidate by registered voters is called the __.