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define presidential primary
is an election in which a parties voters choose some or all of a state party organizations delegates to their parties national convention.
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define platform
its formal statement of basic principles.
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What is a presidential nomination?
A presidential nomination is the selection made by an authorized source. It is the person selected by the delegates of a political of a political party to be the party's nominee.
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define winner take all
the delegates are awarded only to the candidate who wins the preference vote.
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define keynote adress
is usually a barn burner, delivered by one of the parties most accomplished orators.
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What are the three main goals of the national convention?
Naming the party's presidential and vice-president candidates, bringing the various factions and the leading personalities in the party together, and last is adopting the party's platform.
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define porportional representation
delegates are awarded to candidates who win atleast 15% of the vote.
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more than half of the presidential primary states hold a?
preference primary
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Where is the first presidential primary held?
In New Hampshire is and was the first primary by tradition.
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define caucus
is a closed meeting of members of a political party who gather to select delegates to the national convention.
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a partys formal statement of its basic principles and views is clalled the partys?
platform
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Where is the first caucus held?
In Iowa is where heads the first caucus followed by the New Hampshire primary.
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define national convention
the quadrennial meetings at which the delegates select their presidential and vice presidential candidates.
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True or false by 1832, both major politicak parties used national conventions to nominate canidiates
True
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What is the difference between a caucus and a primary?
In presidential campaigns, a caucus is a system of local gatherings where voters decide which candidate to support and select delegates for moninating conventions. A primary is a statewide voting process in which voters cast secret ballots for their prefe
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