Campaigns and Elections Flashcards
Requirements: President
- Natural Born Citizen
- 35 years or older
- resident of the country for 14 years by time of inauguration
Requirements:Vice President
Same as president and cannot be a resident in the same state as the president
Requirements: Senator
- Citizen for 9 years
- Age 30 by the time of taking office
- resident in the state elected
Requirements: Representative
- Citizen for 7 years
- Age 25 by the time of taking office
- Resident in the state elected
Holders of political office in America are predominately
white male
PACs are committees set up under federal and state law for the purpose of
making political donations
PACs can contribute up to $ to each candidate in the election.
$5,000
The American Presidential Election is the accumulation of two campaigns
- presidential primary campaign
2. general election campaign
Caucus System
Conventional system
The framers of the constitution did not want the president and Vice President to be selected by the “excitable masses” rather they wanted the choice to be made by a few men but now women.
True
_____ electoral votes are certified as the president and Vice President elect.
270
Factors influencing who votes:
- Age
- Educational Attainment
- Income Level
- Minority Status
- Ideology
Want the executive powers of the president to be strong enough to keep the congress in check but now strong enough for him to become a dictator.
True
Unilateral
One person acting
“He who gives up liberty for safety, deserves neither liberty or safety.”
Ben Franklin
