Government Final

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What is the federal governments primary resource of revenue?

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Taxes

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List 3 nontax sources that generate revenue for the federal government.

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1. Fees

2. Fines

3. Earnings of bank

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What are the 5 goals of the US foreign policy?

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What are the qualifications to be a Sup. Court Justice?

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None.

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How long is a Sup. Court Justice's term?

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For life.

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How many judges are on the Sup. Court?

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9.

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Name the 3 parts of the Criminal Justice System.

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1. Police

2. Courts

3. Corrections

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In a direct democ. who votes?

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People.

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What is the absolute authority that a gov. has over its citizens?

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Sovereignty.

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What institution has the power to make and enforce rules for a group of people?

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Gov.

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Thomas Hobbes argued that people create the state by entering into what?

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Social contract

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The plans and decisions that a gov. makes in a particular area of public concern are called what?

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Public policies

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Ruled by one

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Autocracy

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Rulers answer only to themselves, not to the people

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Authoritarian

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The chief executive is chosen by the legislature

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Parliamentary System

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Rule by few

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Oligarchy

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The executive and legislative branch are separate and independent

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Presidential system

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Rulers try to control all aspects of citizens lives

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Totalitarian

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Independent states join together to accomplish common goals

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Confederal system

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All legal power is held by the National gov.

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Unitary system

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Power is divided between the national state and local gov.

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Federal system

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People elect others to conduct gov.

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Rep. democracies

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What were two British ideals that influenced the colonists?

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Limited gov. and rep. gov.

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What type of legislature does England have?

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Bicameral

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Where was the first permanent English colony

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Jamestown, va

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Slaves were counted as 3/5th of a free person

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Con.

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Tied the 13 states together

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Art.

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Jefferson wrote most of this

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Declaration

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Iimited the power of the national gov.

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Art.

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Adopted on July 4, 1776

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Declaration

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Madison wrote most of this.

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Con

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Completed in. August of 1787

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Con

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Established a unicameral leg.

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Art

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Established bicameral leg.

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Con.

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Created first

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Declaration

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What group supported the con.

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Federalists

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A gov. that ignores the rights and welfare of the people is a?

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Tyranny

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Who was the chairman or the constitutional convention

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George Washington

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The leg. Process comes to a standstill when opponents block each others efforts

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Gridlock

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Groups of people motivated by self interest

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Faction

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An organized group that seeks to win elections

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Political party

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Arrangements that pres. established with foreign gov. that do not require senate approval

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Executive agreement

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Authority comes from the people

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Popular sovereignty

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Courts decide if laws are valid

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Judicial review

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Reversed by leg. act

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Repeal

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Leadership structure of the House

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Structure of the Senate

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What influences members of congress

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Personal beliefs

Interest groups

Political party loyalty

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Leg. That directs a territory to draft a state constitution

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Enabling act

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Federal tax dollars were given to state and local governments

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Revenue sharing

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Powers that the con. Neither grants exclusively to the federal gov. Nor denies to the state

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Concurrent power

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Agreement between states

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Interstate compact

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Forbid certain actions and provide punishment for violations

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Criminal law

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Gave states great freedom in spending their share of federal money

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Block grant

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Laws that govern relationships among individual parties and that define people's legal rights

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Civil law

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Leg. That makes the territory a state

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Act of admission

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Requirements that the federal government imposes on state and local governments

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Federal mandate

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Payments by the federal government to carry out specific activities

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Categorical grant

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Money or other resources that the federal government provides to pay for state and local activities

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Grant in aid

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Which powers are denied to the federal government?

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Tax exports

Spend money

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Which powers at denied to the state?

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Issue money

Make treaties

Declare war

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What are the federal responsibilities

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Republican gov.

Protecting people

Respecting state territories

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What are State responsibilities

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Establish house district

Set rules for electing congress and press

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What role do the courts play in the federal system

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Referee

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How has the federal governments role grown in state affairs

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Fbi

Standardized testing

Grants

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How are grants used

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Projects

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Explain mandates

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Force them to do something or they will lose something

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How are new states admitted to the US

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Enabling act

Act of admission

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How do states work together in the federal system

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Recognize each others official acts

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How does the national government promote the public good

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Central authority

Act on important issues

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How does dividing power serve the public good

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Checks and balances

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How does balancing federal and state interest serve the public good

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One doesn't become to powerful

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Person who reside in a congress members locality

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Constituents

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Presiding officer of the Senate

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Vice president

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Branches of interest groups that provide funds to candidates

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PACs

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Majority of Congress that must be present to conduct business

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Quorum

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Accused in an official manner

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Impeach

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Monitors and influences how party members vote

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Party whip

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To allocate

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Apportion

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President rejects sections of a spending bill, but not the entire bill

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Item line veto

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Money set aside for specific purposes

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Appropriations

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Official removal of a congress person from office

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Expulsion

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Drawing district lines that give one party an unfair advantage over another

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Gerrymandering

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Penalizes person who have not been convicted by a court

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Bill of attainder

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Allows members of Congress to send official mail without paying for postage

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Franking privilege

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Congressional investigation of agencies misconduct

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Oversight

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Awards government projects and grants to a congress persons home state or district

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Pork barrel spending

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The VP only critical role in Congress is to

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Break ties

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Where are the qualifications to become pres. Listed

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Art. 2

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Sacrifices a candidate makes to win election

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Family time

Money

Privacy

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List the things that exploratory committees do

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Analyze chances, suggest themes and slogan, develop speech and position papers, seek endorsements, rewrit paid and unpaid staff, organize state level campaigns, hire polsters and consultants, develop media materials

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When do candidates have to register with the FEC

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When they receive 5000 or spend 5000

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In closed primaries a registered voters may vote only in the election of the ___ they are a member of

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Partyy

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In ___ primaries voters can vote in either primary regardless of party membership

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Open

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___ delegates are selected with the understand that they will support a certain candidate

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Pledged

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Candidates can review delegates and ___ people they consider unreliable

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Remove

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__ delegates democratic members of congress, governors, national committee members or party leaders

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Super

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The party uses ____ representation

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Proportional

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Candidates must receive ___ of the vote to get any pledged delegates

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15%

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____ delegates can vote for whomever they chose

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Super

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Pledged del. Pledge support for a particular candidate. They are normally ___

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Elected

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Unpledged delegates are not required to indicate a ____ for a candidate

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Preference

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Many states use a ___ take all position.

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Winnner

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The repub. Do not have a ___% requir. But each state can set thresholds

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15

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Third party's have ____ conventions

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National

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____ participate in primaries and caucuses whenever possible

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Third party candidates

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They often hurt major part candidates with a ____ platform

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Third party candidate

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This is where a party's candidate officially receives the parties ___

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Nominations

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These are now used primarily to __ candidates and to unite the party

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Market

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Election day

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First tues. After the first mon. In nov.

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The electoral college meets the first ____ after the second ___ in December

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Monday, Wednesday

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The votes are then counted in front of a joint cessionof congress on Jan. __

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6th

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538 votes. How many to win

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270

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The candidate who wins over ___% of the electoral vote wins

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50

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If no one wins 50% of the vote the. ___ votes by states

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House of rep

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Each state gets __ vote

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One

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Jan. __ at noon the ___ of the Supreme Court swears in the new pres.

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20, chief of justice