Government and Economics Unit 3 lesson 6 Nominations and Elections

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

closed

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

Caucus

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

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

True

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".

Wide-Open Primary

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

Why do party leaders prefer the convention system?

It allows them to take care of other party business besides nominating candidates