Ch 13 The Presidency

National party meeting held in order to nominate presidential candidates.

Besides having a primary, another way of choosing party delegates is the _________ method.

Historically the office of the VP has been considered a(n) ___________ one.

The president as a representative of all the people.

_______has held the first delegate-selection contest in every presidential election since 1972.

A plan that would do away with the electoral college.

If a candidate wins 51% of the popular vote, he/she gets _____ of the state's electoral votes.

The speech that sets the tone at a party convention.

Vote cast by electors in the electoral college.

The rise of well-defined political parties caused the election crisis of _________.

Most Framers opposed choosing the President by _____________.

A person who is most often nominated for the presidency is a

Awards a candidate a percentage of state delegates.

A law that set the order of succession following the Vice President.

Early on the Framers favored selection of the President by

In the Framers' plan the ___________ was elected based on the second largest number of votes.

One of the many benefits a president has is 

The Framers limited how many times a President can be re-elected ________ times.

A Constitutional amendment would be needed in order to have a direct

One official qualification to become the United States president is: 

The plan to fill a vacancy in the presidency:

_________ delegates are awarded in states that have been strong party supporters.

The leader of the executive branch and holder of executive power under the Constitution.

If the office of VP becomes vacant, _________ must nominate a new one and ________ must confirm

Who decides an election if neither presidential candidate wins a majority?

The ________ follows the Vice President if he/she cannot fill a presidential vacancy.

Electors are not required to vote for the candidate who wins the popular vote.

Parties stopped using caucuses to nominate candidates because there wasn't enough ___________.

President as head of government and symbol of all the people:

According to the Constitution, the president must be at least ______ years old.

Presidential electors are chosen within a state through

The ____ Amendment set the guidelines for deciding when a president is disabled.

The bombing of Pearl Harbor, 9/11 & the Cuban Missile Crisis postponed presidential elections.

The Presidential election of 1800 was decided by the 

Before the _____ Amendment there were no guidelines for handling a presidential disability.

The __ amendment was added to the Constitution to stop the president from having too much power

The president works with Congress to have his laws passed in his role as 

The Framers' original plan was that each elector would cast _______ vote(s).

The president's main role at a party convention is to give a(n)

__________ determines the number of presidential electors for a state.