Questions Based On Required Reading

The Election Process 2004-2005
 

1.  How and when did the United States elect a President and Vice President of different parties? Name them and their respective parties. 

2.  Describe four ways that were suggested to elect the President between 1808 and 1846.
 

3.  Name five U. S. Presidents who were elected with less than a popular vote.     

4.   Describe the winner-take-all system. Which states use this system?
 

5.   When do electors vote and when are the results known?
 

6.   What affect would substituting a direct popular vote for the Electoral College have on third party candidates?  Why?
 

7.   Give four arguments for and four against the electoral college.
 

8.   Describe the differences between the district plan, the proportional plan and the winner-take-all plan.
 

9.  State the four points experts in 1969 agreed should be included in an ideal plan for electing U.S. Presidents.

        10.  What do you think would happen if a incumbent President refused to
               debate his challenger on television some time in the future?

        11.  Do you find web sites that compare the candidates useful?
                List three web sites that compare candidates with the least biased first.     

        12.  If you had to choose one, would parents or teachers have the most

               influence on your choice for President? Elaborate.
 

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