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In the Democrats' proportional representation rule, a candidate must win at least __________ percent of the votes to gain delegates.
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CORRECT: 15
EXPLANATION: Any candidate who wins at least 15 percent of the votes gets the percentage of the delegates that corresponds to his or her share of the primary votes. |
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The state that holds the first primary every year is
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CORRECT: New Hampshire.
EXPLANATION: New Hampshire has a law that requires it to be first. |
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Where do delegates vote to pick their presidential candidate?
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CORRECT: national conventions
EXPLANATION: The delegates vote at their national conventions. The other answer choices are for the selection of delegates. |
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In __________ States, the candidate who wins the most votes wins the support of all of the State's delegates.
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CORRECT: winner-take-all
EXPLANATION: Some primaries are winner-take-all and give one candidate all of the delegates. |
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Who determines how many delegates a state may send to a national convention?
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CORRECT: the national committee
EXPLANATION: The national committee issues a "call" for the convention that names the number of delegates for each State. |
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The __________, on the second day of a party convention, is a speech by one of the party's best speakers.
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CORRECT: keynote address
EXPLANATION: The keynote address is usually a barn-burner. |
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in 1832, the 2nd system=
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National convention
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today, parties allot each state a number of party delegates based on the state's electoral vote and
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bonus to states that have supported the party's candidate in other elections
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a states pres primary may either be to (2)
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choose delegates for convention or to indicate a preference
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winner take all primaries have almost disappeared in favor of
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proportional representation
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states that dont hold primaries choose delegates
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in caucuses and conventions
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pres primary
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1 party's voters choose delegates of a state party and /or
2 tell their preference among many contendors for their party's pres nomination |
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proportional representation
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any candidate with at least 15% of votes in a primary gets the number of that state's dem conv delegates that corresponds to his or her share of theat primary vote.
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caucus is...?
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a political meeting of like-minded members
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