The contest for the presidential nomination of a major political party has been likened to…
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The goal of candidates competing in the presidential primari…
The goal of candidates competing in the presidential primaries and caucuses is to win…
The Constitution of the United States establishes a…
The Constitution of the United States establishes a…
States with open presidential primaries generally serve as b…
States with open presidential primaries generally serve as better indicators of…
America’s first constitution, the Articles of Confederation,…
America’s first constitution, the Articles of Confederation, created a …
The federal system of government established by the Constitu…
The federal system of government established by the Constitution is designed to…
In the 1948 election, Henry Wallace won 2.4% of the national…
In the 1948 election, Henry Wallace won 2.4% of the national popular vote, but he won no electoral votes. How is that possible?
The number of electoral votes each state is assigned is equi…
The number of electoral votes each state is assigned is equivalent to the number of members each state has…
Saddam Hussein and his ruling party exercised control over a…
Saddam Hussein and his ruling party exercised control over and gained the obedience of the Kurdish people by means of terror and force. It could therefore be argued that Saddam’s government suffered from…
The purpose of a complex, federal system with checks and bal…
The purpose of a complex, federal system with checks and balances, according to Madison in Federalist #51, is to…