AP Gov/Politics

Split-ticket voting is most associated with which type of politics?

• Democratic

• Republican

• Independent

• Libertarian

What is "the electorate"?

• Another term for the electoral college

• The group of electors themselves

• The voting public

• State reps. and senators

Illinois has a...

• Primary

• Caucus

• Neither

• Both

What does it mean to win a plurality of votes? Candidate won _________

• a runoff election

• 50% + 1 vote

• 2/3 majority

• more votes than anyone else

What is this?

• A primary election

• A national convention

• A caucus

Once a candidate receives enough __________, he or she is ready to win the _______.

• delegates; election

• delegates + superdelegates; election

• delegates + superdelegates; nomination

• superdelegates; primary

A plurality of votes is most associated with _______

• winner-take-all

• ranked-choice

• caucuses

• rational choice

With two exceptions, the candidate who gets the _________ of votes in a given state wins _____ of its electoral votes.

• majority; 2/3

• 2/3; 2/3

• majority; all

• majority; same percentage

Which of these states has the most electoral votes?

• New Hampshire

• Illinois

• Georgia

• California

By the time of the ___________, a party's platform has been established.

• convention

• election

• primary

• caucus