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Popular Participation: Introduction to Exercise 7 - Presidential election
What You Will Learn

The following exercise deals with:
  • Nominating a presidential candidate
  • The presidential campaign
  • Election of the president
    • Electoral college
Key Terms


closed primary
electoral college
electoral vote
electors
Federal Election Campaign Act of 1974
hard money


nominate
open primary
party convention
party delegates
soft money
state primaries
Click on a term for the definition and Spanish translation.
What You Will Do

Read each passage and answer the questions that follow by clicking on the correct choice. If you choose the wrong answer, try again. The Answer box at the bottom of the choices will tell you if your answer is correct.
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