Chapter 13 Terms Flashcards
This method was proposed to give the people a stronger voice in choosing the parties’ candidates to run for the presidency
Direct primaries
The party’s formal statement of its positions on current issues
Party platform
Party leaders and office holders who serve as uncommitted delegates to the party’s national convention
Superdelegates
Voting for a weak candidate in an opposing party’s primary in order to cause greater difficulty in the major opponent’s nomination
Crossover voting
Moved the presidential inauguration from March 4 to January 20th
Twentieth Amendment
The most powerful person in the country
President of the US
The president’s power to give complete forgiveness of a crime and its punishment
Pardon
The election used to fill elective offices; at the national level its held the first Tuesday after the first Monday in November.
General election
Established by the founding fathers to give the small states an equal voice in who is elected president
Electoral college
The practice of choosing a running mate based specific ideology, geography, race, gender, or other characteristics to help strengthen one’s own chance of being elected
Balance the ticket
A convention requiring lengthy balloting and eventual settlement by means of bargaining and compromise
Brokered convention
How a candidate is chosen in a state that doesn’t hold primary elections
Caucus
These were created to make presidential nominations more democratic
Presidential primary
The first state to hold a direct primary
Wisconsin
Primary that requires participants be registered members of one party and vote for only candidate from that party
Closed primary
