Unit 5 GKT

Match the keyword to the correct definition

• Participation of citizens

• Direct democracy

• Pick the party's presidential candidate

• Electoral College

• Re-election of candidates

• Incumbency

• Refusal to vote

• Abstention

• Indirectly elects the president

• Primaries

In order to be president you must be a natural-born _________ citizen

In order to be president you must be at least ______ years old (write your answer as a number)

In order to be president you must have a residency qualification of __________ years (write your answer as a number)

Which of the following is a reason for the importance of mid-terms

• President's party usually gains seats

• Chance for voters to express their satisfaction

• The coattails phenomenon continues

• Split-ticket voting

Reorder the following with the earliest stage first.

• General Election Campaigns

• Primaries and caucuses

• Electoral College

• Invisible primary

• Party Conventions

What are the four types of primary?

• Closed, open, proportional, winner takes all

• Secret, open, proportional, majoritarian

• Closed open, majoritarian, first pass the post

• Secret, open, proportional, first pass the post

The formal functions of national party conventions are choosing the (a)   presidential and vice presidential candidates and deciding the party ​ (b)  

• party's
• platform
• states
• campaign

The proportional system is a reform that would render the ​ (a)   unnecessary. This would be a fairer system to ​ (b)   parties but would be more likely to result in ​ (c)   deciding the result.

• Electoral College
• third
• Congress
• Single-member districts
• Majority rule
• state

Match the evidence to the correct factor influencing electoral outcomes

• This increased drastically in 2020

• Money

• Trump had experience over Harris

• Leadership

• In 2016 $81 million was spent on FB ads

• Issues

• The economy was the main one in 2024

• Media