1. 200 pt 300 pt 400 pt 500 pt 100 pt 200 pt 300 pt 400 pt 500 pt 100 pt 200pt 300 pt 400 pt 500 pt 100 pt 200 pt 300 pt 400 pt 500 pt 100 pt 200 pt 300 pt 400 pt 500 pt 100 pt Primaries Other Methods of Nomination Campaigns & Elections The Electoral College Campaign Finance

2. This is a preliminary election used by parties to choose candidates to compete in a general election. 100 points

3. What is a primary? 100 points

4. This is a type of primary or election in which candidates do not identify with a party. 200 points

5. What is a nonpartisan primary/election? 200 points

6. This is a type of primary where any registered voter can cast a ballot, but they must pick one party’s primary to vote in. 300 points

7. What is an open primary? 300 points

8. This is a type of primary where voters are allowed to split their ticket. 400 points

9. What is a blanket primary? 400 points

10. This refers to the tendency of states to push their presidential primaries further and further up the calendar in an attempt to have greater influence on the nomination. 500 points

11. What is frontloading? 500 points

12. This is the oldest and most basic method of nomination. 100 points

13. What is self- announcement? 100 points

14. This method of nomination is often used at the local level. 200 points

15. What is a petition? 200 points

16. This is a meeting of like-minded people who choose candidates to run in a general election. 300 points

17. What is a caucus? 300 points

18. This takes place after the nomination process and involves candidates of different parties running against each other to find out who wins an office. 400 points

19. What is the general election? 400 points

20. This method of nomination consists of voters electing delegates to represent them at a large gathering where a nominee is chosen. 500 points

21. What is a convention? 500 points

22. This type of campaign ad features the use of statistics to contrast between candidates. 100 points

23. What is card stacking? 100 points

24. This is when voters cast a ballot before Election Day. 200 points

25. What is absentee voting? 200 points

26. This is the standardized ballot form used in nearly all US elections since 1900? 300 points

27. What is the Australian ballot? 300 points

28. VIDEO CLUE The following campaign ad falls into this type. http://www.youtube.com/ watch?v=tB3BNgdfEkI 400 points

29. What is glittering generalities? 400 points

30. As of now, voting machines have transitioned from using punch-card ballots to using these. 500 points

31. What are touch screens? 500 points

32. If a candidate wins the popular vote in a state, he or she wins all of these from that state. 100 points

33. What are electoral votes? 100 points

34. 200 points The framers created the Electoral College for these three main reasons.

35. What are representation, fear, and knowledge? 200 points

36. A candidate must win this many electoral votes to win the presidency. 300 points

37. What is 270? 300 points

38. This state is worth the most electoral votes. 400 points

39. What is California? 400 points

40. These states are the only ones NOT to award all their electoral votes to the statewide winner. 500 points

41. What are Maine and Nebraska? 500 points

42. These are outside groups that raise and spend money on behalf of candidates. 100 points

43. What are political action committees (PACs) ? 100 points

44. This is the regulatory agency that makes sure campaign finance rules are being followed. 200 points

45. What is the Federal Election Commission (FEC)? 200 points

46. This was used as a loophole around campaign finance laws until the Bipartisan Campaign Reform Act of 2002 banned it. 300 points

47. What is soft money? 300 points

48. This is a term for a grant of money. 400 points

49. What is a subsidy? 400 points

50. This was the first major piece of legislation to deal with campaign finance. 500 points

51. What is the Federal Election Campaign Act (FECA)? 500 points