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NAME CLASS DATE Section 4: Guided Reading and Review Presidential Nominations CHAPTER 13 © Pearson Education, Inc. A. As You Read Complete the outline below by filling in the blanks to complete the sentences. The Role of Conventions 1. From 1800 to 1824, presidential candidates were chosen by ____________________________ congressional caucus ________________________________________________________________________________. 2. In 1832, that system was replaced by the ____________________________________________. national convention 3. Today, the Democratic and Republican parties allot each State a number of party delegates based on the State’s electoral vote and ______________________________________________. its past voter support for party candidates 4. The procedure for selecting delegates in a primary is governed by State laws and/or ________ party ________________________________________________________________________________. rules Presidential Primaries choose delegates to the national 5. A State’s presidential primary may either be a process to ________________________ conventions or to indicate ____________________________. express preferences for presidential candidates 6. Winner-take-all primaries have nearly disappeared in favor of __________________________. proportional representation 7. The few States that do not hold primaries choose delegates in ________________________ caucuses and conventions ________________________________________________________________________________. The National Convention 8. The _________________________ platform is the statement of a party’s basic principles. 9. The _________________________ keynote address is the speech that is usually given on the first day of a convention. Who Is Nominated? 10. An ____________________________ incumbent President who wants to run again is usually nominated. 11. The greatest number of people who have been nominated for President have previously served as __________________________. State governors B. Reviewing Key Terms Define the following terms. 12. presidential primary ______________________________________________________________ a popular vote to either (a) elect some or all of a State’s delegates to a national party __________________________________________________________________________________ convention and/or (b) express a preference among the various contenders for a party’s nomination __________________________________________________________________________________ 13. proportional representation ________________________________________________________ allowing a State’s delegates to cast votes in proportion to his or her share of __________________________________________________________________________________ the State’s primary vote __________________________________________________________________________________ Guided Reading and Review Chapter 13 65
NAME CLASS DATE CHAPTER 13 Section 5: Guided Reading and Review The Election A. As You Read Using information from Section 5, complete the chart below, which shows different plans for electing the President. Actual or Proposed System How it Works Flaws Voters in each State vote for The winner of the national popular Electoral College 1. electors for a party’s presidential 2. vote may not win the electoral vote; and vice presidential candidates, electors may break their pledges and each State’s votes are to vote for the candidates; if there awarded on a winner-take-all basis. is no majority, the House decides. Two electors are chosen from each District Plan 3. State at large and cast votes in 4. accordance with statewide popular vote. All other delegates are elected separately from State’s congressional districts. Proportional Plan 5. Candidates would receive the same 6. percentage of a State’s electoral vote as he or she receives in the State’s popular vote. The winner of the popular vote may not win the electoral vote. The election may not produce a clear winner, and third parties would gain power. Direct Popular Election 7. The electoral college would be 8. It requires a Constitutional scrapped and the President and amendment, would weaken Vice President would be elected by federalism, small States would direct popular vote. oppose it, and it might not produce a clear winner. Electoral votes allotted State by National Bonus Plan 9. State, on winner-take-all basis; 10. This plan is not well known or national pool of 102 electoral votes understood. awarded to winner of popular vote. In a tie, run-off between two top contenders in popular vote. 11. In which three elections of the past has the winner of the popular vote failed to win the electoral vote for the presidency? _______________ 1824 _______________ 1876 _______________ 1888 B. Reviewing Key Terms Define the following key term. 12. electorate ________________________________________________________________________ the mass of people who actually cast votes ________________________________________________________________________________ © Pearson Education, Inc. 66 Chapter 13 Guided Reading and Review
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