Chapter 13 Flashcards
The scheme by which a presidential vacancy is filled
Presidential succession
Law specifying the order of presidential succession following the Vice President
Presidential succession act of 1947
The ceremonial head of the government of the United States
Chief of state
Hold executive power United States
Chief executive
The director of the huge executive branch
Chief administrator
Main architect of American foreign policy and nations chief spokesman
Chief diplomat
Control of armed forces
Commander in chief
Principal author of public policy
Chief legislator
Acknowledged lead e of political party that controls executive branch
Chief of party
Represents what American citizens should be like
Chief citizen
Choosing nominee who can strengthen chances of being elected
Balance of ticket
Presidental electors
People chosen to represent voters to choose who will be a formal and qualified choice for president and vice
Votes cast by electors in electoral college
Electoral votes
People chosen every 4 years to make formal selection of president and Vice President
Electoral college
Election in which a party’s voters choose some or all of a state party organizations delegates to their party’s national convention and express preference among various contenders for their party’s presidential nomination
Presidential primary
The candidate who won the preference vote automatically won the support of all delegates in that party
Winner take all
Proposal by which presidential candidate would recieve the same share of state electoral votes as he or she received in popular votes
Proportional plan
Closed meeting of members of a political party who gather to select delegates to the natural convention
Caucus
Quadrennial meetings at which the delegates select their presidental and Vice President candidates
National conventions
Formal state ment of basic principles stands on major policy matters and objectives
Platform
Speech given at a party convention to set the tone for the convention and the campaign to come
Keynote address
The roughly one third of the electorate who have not made up their minds at the start of the campaign and are open to persuasion of either side
Swing voters
Those states in which the outcome is too close to call and either candidate could win
Battleground states
Each state would choose its electors much as it chooses its members of congress
District plan
