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WorksheetsThe Election Process
Total questions: 10
Worksheet time: 5mins
When do Presidential canidates generally begin their campain?
About 1 year before the election
About 2 years before the election
About 6 months before the election
About 3 months before the election
What is the purpose of a debate?
It gives the candidate a chance to defend their stance on issues and policies.
It gives the candidate a chance to be seen and become famous.
It gives the candidate a chance to argue with the other candidates and prove them wrong.
It gives the candidate a chance to get attention.
What is a primary?
A primary is like an election - people vote for their choice to be the candidate for President.
A primary is when people from a district get together and discuss who they want to be their candidate. Then they vote - the winner in that vote gets that district.
A primary is just what is sounds like - the first (primary) election before the Presidential election.
What ever political party does not have a sitting President (and they haven't served two terms) decides who will be their choice to run for President
What is a caucus?
A caucus is when people from a district get together and discuss who they want to be their canidate. Then they vote - out loud - the winner in that vote gets that district.
What ever political party does not have a sitting President (and they have not served two terms) decides who will be their choice to run for President.
A caucus is just what it sounds like - the first (primary) election before the Presidential election.
A caucus is like an election - people for their choice to be the candidate for President.
What does the term Running Mate mean?
Who that person is competing against.
A candidate chooses who will be their Vice President.
It is the term used for the Australian President.
Team mates on a track and field team.
What happens at the National Convention?
They create their party platform.
The potential Vice President is choosen.
This is the award ceremony for the winner.
The final vote before they have a nominee (candidate).
What is the Electoral College?
This is the only answer that is not correct.
People who vote for the President, there are 580 of them spread between the 50 states. The number of electors is based on the state's population.
Politicians, party officials and state leaders who are in that party (Democrat or Republican)
These are the people who actually vote for the President; their vote counts.
Has a President ever been elected who did not win the popular vote?
No
Donald Trump
George W. Bush
Benjamin Harrison
Rutherford B. Hays
What is a delegate in the Primary process?
Someone who votes for the Nominee at the national convention.
A person who in selected to vote and the national convention for a particular candidate that they support.
Someone who votes for the Nominee at the national convention.
A person who in selected to vote and the national convention for a particular candidate that they support.
What is a superdelegate in the primary process?
Same as a delegate - they are just more experienced.
Kind of like Superman - but, instead of being a reporter - he is a politician.
Someone important in that particular party who can vote anyway they want at any time prior to the national convention.
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