NOMINATIONS AND ELECTIONS

We elect over 500 members of

congress

Political conventions are mainly used for nominations on the state level and have been abandoned on the national level due to fraud and bribery issues.

false

over 500,000

local officials.

Which type of primary is being described below? Also called the blanket ballot system. Voters get one ballot, with the names of the candidates for each office in each party. Encourages party-switching or choosing "the best person for the job".

wide3 open primary

Why do party leaders prefer the convention system?

Because it gives them opportunity to take care of the other party business besides nominating candidates.

announcement caucus closed primary county convention declaration of candidacy direct primary open primary party-raiding plurality state convention

The individual fills out documentation and pays a filing fee to announce that he seeks a political office. A gathering of party leaders to talk over possible candidates. The voter declares his party allegiance and votes for the ballot of his own party. Delegates nominate most county officers and chose delegates to the state convention. Person wishes to be a candidate for the party, so he makes an announcement of intention. The members vote, by secret ballot, to choose their candidate for the general election. Qualified voters vote for the candidates without revealing their party membership. Members of one party move into the primary of the other party to choose candidates. The most votes cast, but not necessarily a majority. Delegates nominate candidates for offices and Congress, and delegates to the national convention.

Losing favor after 1828, the earliest method of nominating candidates for office was the legislative ________.

caucus

A ____________ primary is a nominating election in which each voter gets the ballot of his/her announced party.

closed

A person can get his name put on the primary ballot of his party by

declaration and payment

By using the caucus the people took no part in the ________________ process.

nomination

The nomination of public officers is done almost entirely on the _________ level.

state

about 10,000

state officers--governors legislators, and so on-

Though the caucus has disappeared from the national scene, it is still used on the local level.

true

Five different nomination methods have been used up to the present day. These methods are

(1) caucus, (2) convention, (3) direct primary, (4) petition, and (5) announcement.