Electing the PRESIDENT [AP Gov Review, Unit 5 Topic 8 (5.8)]

Candidates must first earn their party's nomination through:

• primary elections

• nominating elections

• delegate elections

• preceding elections

Instead of casting a private/secret ballot to vote in primaries, people that attend _____ discuss candidate options publicly and then elect a nominee. 

• open primaries

• closed primaries

• caucuses

If the sitting president chooses to run again, then

• he will generally becomes the party's nominee

• he will become the party's nominee since there will be no convention

An incumbent is:

• a sitting office holder running again

• a challenger to a sitting office holder

Which of the following is an incumbency advantage (choose all that apply)?

• the incumbent knows how to win 

• people already know how the person will act in office

• the incumbent already has volunteers and a fundraising organizaiton

• the incumbent doesn't have to face a primary challenge

The founders of the nation/Constitution were hesitant to ________.

• create an electoral college 

• give the people a direct vote for the president 

• disagree with participatory theory of democracy 

The number of electors (electoral college votes) NJ has if we have 12 House of Representative members and 2 Senators is 

• 12

• 2

• 14

• 10

Winner take all system means the candidate who wins the popular vote in a state wins 

• all the state's electoral college votes 

• none of the state's electoral college votes 

• half of he state's electoral college votes 

Maine and Nebraska use a ______ system. 

• proportional 

• winner take all 

A "faithless elector" in NJ would look like 

• 1 of the 14 electors voting for someone other than their party's candidate 

• all of the 14 electors voting in favor of their party's candidate