Gitelson Chapter 7 – Elections and Campaigns fill-ins

71. What methods are used to nominate candidates?

72. What takes place at a presidential national convention?

73. What voter characteristics determine who they will vote

for?

75. What is the political ladder of local, state and national

offices that bring greater prestige and power as one moves

towards the presidency?

76. What system provides for people in each state to elect a

number of electors equal to the number of

U.S. Senators and U.S. Representatives for that state.

In most states, the presidential candidate winning the

plurality vote in that state receives all its electoral votes

77. An election in which there is no incumbent in the race

78. A primary in which candidates run for their own party’s

nomination

79. An election in which party members select

candidates to run for office under the party banner

80. A primary in which candidates are listed on a ballot with

no party identification

81. A candidate seeking re-election to the office held

82. A meeting held to choose candidates that was closed to

the public until the Progressive Party reforms; now caucuses are local party meetings open to all who live in the area