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During the general election the presidential candidates will not spend time in states that are considered safe for either one of the major parties.

Selecting candidates from the same political party for all offices on the ballot is called ______________________.

According to the slides, the first stage of presidential elections is the _______________________________ stage.

The Republican Party tends to draw support from which of the following?

Attempting to build and maintain strong relations with members of Congress and state legislatures in hopes that by doing so the legislators will be likely to vote the way the interest groups want is referred to on the slides as ____________________________.

The difference between interest groups and political parties is that political parties _____________________________ while interest groups do not.

Which of the following is not an activity in which interest groups frequently engage?

An independent political action committee that may raise unlimited sums of money from corporations, unions, and individuals but is not permitted to contribute to or coordinate directly with parties or candidates is called ___________________________.

___________________ primaries are primaries where you do not have to be a registered party member to vote in a party’s primary.

A type of electoral system in which, to win a seat in the parliament or other representative body, a candidate need only receive the most votes in the election, not necessarily a majority of the votes cast is called a _________________________.