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What were invisible primaries? |
The period between candidates declaring an intention to run for presidency and the first contests of the primary season. The invisible primary is said to be critically important for a candidate to gain name recognition and money, and to put together the necessary organisation. There is often a high correlation between who wins the invisible primary and who actually wins the presidential nomination, though not in 2007 - 2008 |
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Political Campaigns are based campaigns are based on the three M's, What are they? |
Momentum – How many supporters you havebehind you Media –How much air time you get on the major news networks Money – How much money the campaign raised |
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What arethe key features that make the invisible primary significant? |
The invisible primary gives the public and theother candidates word on who is a serious contender for president. Three M's are developed during this period |
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Top Reasons for selecting a vice president |
1. Experience in Politics 2. Reputation and stature within politics 3. Age - Older vice presidents make younger presidential candidates seem wiser 4. Geography 5. Religion 6. Ideological 7. Race 8 Gender |
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What is a closed primary? |
A primary election in which only registeredDemocrats can vote in the Democratic primary and only registered Republicanscan vote in the Republican primary |
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What is a open Primary? |
A primaryelection in which any registered voter can vote in the primary of either party. |
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Which states held open republican primaries in 2012? |
Alabama Arkansas Illinois |
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What are modified primaries? |
like closed primaries but only registered partyvotes can vote, but those who registered as independents can vote in eitherparty primaries. |
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What is super Tuesday? |
A Tuesday in early February when a number ofstates coincide their presidential primaries in order to try to gain influencefor their region in the selection of major party presidential candidates |
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What is a presidential primary? |
A state-based election to choose a party’scandidate for the presidency. A presidential primary shows support for acandidate among ordinary voters and chooses delegates committed to vote forthat candidate at the National Party convention |
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What is a presidential caucuses? |
Astate-based series of meetings for the election of a party’s candidate for thepresidency. Held in a few geographically large but thinly populated states,caucuses attract unrepresentative and very low turnouts. They fulfill the samefunctions as presidential primaries. |
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What is Partisanship? |
A termused to denote a state of affairs in which members of one party group togetherin opposition to the member of another party. This could be described as highlevel of party discipline and little cooperation an compromise betweenpoliticians of different parties. |
