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25 Cards in this Set
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Commander-in-chief
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Term for the president as commander of the nation's Armed Forces
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Chief executive
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Term for the president as vested with the executive power of the United States
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Chief administrator
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Term for the president as head of the administration of the federal government
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Chief diplomat
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Term for the president as the main architect of foreign-policy in the spokesperson to other countries
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Chief of state
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Term for the president as the ceremonial head of United States, the symbol of all the people of the nation
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Chief legislator
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Term for the president as architect of public policy and the one who sets the agenda for Congress
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Chief of party
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Term for the president as the leader of his or her political party
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Chief citizen
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Term for the president as the representative of the people, working for the public interest
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Presidential succession
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Scheme by which a presidential vacancy is field
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Presidential succession act of 1947
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Law specifying the order of presidential succession following the vice president
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Balance the ticket
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When a presidential candidate chooses a running mate who can strengthen his chance of being elected by virtue of certain idealogical, geographical, racial, ethnic, gender, or other characteristics
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Presidential electors
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A person elected by the voters to represent them in making a formal selection of the vice president and president
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Electoral votes
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Votes cast by electors in the electoral college
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Electoral college
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Group of persons chosen in each state in the District of Columbia every four years to make a formal selection of the vice president and president
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Presidential primary
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Election in which a parties voters
(1) choose state party organization's delegates to their party's national convention and/or (2)Express a preference for their party's presidential nomination |
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Winner take all
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An almost obsolete system whereby a presidential aspirant Who won all the preference in a primary automatically won all the delegates chosen in the primary
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Proportional representation rule
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Applied in Democratic primaries whereby any candidate who wins at least 15% of all votes gives the number of state Democratic convention delegates based on his or her share of that primary vote
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National convention
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Meeting at which a party delegates vote to pick their presidential and vice presidential candidates
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Platform
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A political parties formal statement of basic principles, stands on major issues, and objectives
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District plan
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Proposal for choosing presidential electors by which to electors would be selected in each state according to the statewide popular vote in the other electors would be selected separately in each of the states congressional districts
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Key note address
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Speech given at a party convention to set the tone and the campaign to come
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Proportional plan
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Proposal by which each presidential candidate would receive the same share of the states electoral vote as a or she received in the states popular vote
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Direct popular election
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Proposal to do away with the elect oral college and allow the people to vote directly for President and Vice President
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Electorate
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all of the people entitled to vote in a given election
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National bonus plan
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Proposal for electing a president which the winner of the popular vote would receive a bonus of 102 elect oral votes in addition to his or her state-based elect oral college votes. If no one received at least 321 elect oral votes, a runoff election will be held
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