Chapter 7: Nominating Process

Question 0

Methods to nomination

1. Self announcement

Answer 0

Someone who announces that they are going to run for office.

Way it began.

Question 1

Nominating Process

Answer 1

The naming of those who seek office.

Narrowing down the list to one candidate per party.

Question 2

Methods to nomination

2. Caucus

Answer 2

A group of like minded people to nominate candidates for office.

Ex.
Rep. Or demo.

Question 3

Methods to nomination

3. Delegate convention

Answer 3

a. Four levels, local, county, state national.
b. Select candidates, choose delegates.
c. Since 1832, both major parties have used the national convention to select candidates for president and vice president.

Question 4

Methods to nomination
4. Direct primary
A. Intra

Answer 4

Party nominating election.

Go to a place to vote with in the party nominating device nominating election qualified voter.

Question 5

Methods to nomination
4. Direct primary
B. Is the…

Answer 5

Most widely used method of nomination.

Question 6

Methods to nomination
4. Direct primary
C. Open primary

Answer 6

Open to any qualified voter may participate open independent, voter not declared, allows independent to vote, allows party rating.

Question 7

Methods to nomination
4. Direct primary
C. Closed primary

Answer 7

Only members of that party may participate, be declared party preference, prevents party raiding, develops party loyalty, independent can’t vote.

Question 8

Methods to nomination
4. Direct primary
E. Variations/features
1. Blanket primary

Answer 8

Vote in both primaries. One for Democrat and one for Republican.

Question 9

Methods to nomination
4. Direct primary
E. Variations/features
2. Run-off primary

Answer 9

Top two contenders have another election 1/50%.

Question 10

Methods to nomination
4. Direct primary
E. Variations/features
3. Non-partisan primary

Answer 10

No party affiliation, judges.

Question 11

Methods of nomination

5. Petition

Answer 11

Mostly at local level, signatures, used to try to change or create laws get it on the ballot.

Question 12

Control over elections

A. federal control

Answer 12

1. Congress sets the date, the time, and the manner for members of the congress.
2. Date-Tuesday following first Monday in November of the even numbered years.

Question 13

Control over elections

B. State control

Answer 13

Everything else

a. Printing and controlling ballots-computers/punch cards.
b. Registration/polling places-state level.

Question 14

Absentee ballot

Answer 14

Person that won’t be there during the election.

Question 15

Coat tail effect

Answer 15

President…congress…government…
Higher up on the ballot. Pull votes for lower end candidate. When a strong candidate running for an office at the top of the ballot helps attract voters to other candidate on the party’s ticket.

Ronald Reagan and frank church abc

Question 16

Precinct (district)

Answer 16

Your city is divided up into multiple districts.

Question 17

Polling place

Answer 17

Poll watcher-officially in control of the polling place designated by state.

Question 18

C. Ballot

1. Definition

Answer 18

A physical device by which a voter makes his choice in elections.

Question 19

C. Ballot

2. Australian ballot

Answer 19

A. Printed at public expense state tax money
B. All of the names of the candidates are printed
C. It’s only distributed at the polls
D. It’s voted in secret

Question 20

C. Ballot

3. Two types of Australian ballot

Answer 20

A. Office group grouped by the office they are running for. Utah
B. Party column columns of parties and names of candidates.

Question 21

Future trends?

Answer 21

Electronic voting, computers, vote by mail, and Internet voting.

Question 22

Direct primary definition

Answer 22

An election in which voters choose candidates to run on a party’s ticket in a subsequent election for public office.

And intraparty election. It is held with any party to pick that parties candidates for the general election.

Question 23

What are the five methods of nomination?

Answer 23

Self announcement, caucus, delegate convention, direct primary, and petitions.

Question 24

Since 1832 both major parties have used the ____ to ____ candidates for ____and ____.

Answer 24

National convention, select candidates, Pres., VP.