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ROBERT CAREY MIDTERM EXAM 2 -
CLEMSON UNIVERSITY/POSC 1010 2026
REAL QUESTIONS WITH EXPERTLY
VERIFIED ANSWERS.
1. Electoral college - correct answer -congressional district
amount + 2 for each state
2. Primaries - correct answer -Election in which voters choose the
candidates from each party who will run in the general election
3. Caucuses - correct answer -meetings where political parties
chose their candidates
4. Convention process - correct answer -county convention elects
delegates to state, state convention nominates candidates to
statewide offices and delegates to national, national convention
elects party candidate to run for office
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5. Intention of the convention process - correct answer -to be
democratic reform of the nomination process
6. Basics of presidential elections - correct answer -- 50+1
majority
7. -each state has individual voting laws
8. -plurality system
9. Plurality system - correct answer -an electoral system in which
the winner is the person who gets the most votes, even if he or
she does not receive a majority; used in almost all American
elections
10. Closed primary - correct answer -A primary in which only
registered members of a particular political party can vote
11. Open primary - correct answer -A primary election in which
voters may choose in which party to vote as they enter the
polling place
ROBERT CAREY MIDTERM EXAM 2 -
CLEMSON UNIVERSITY/POSC 1010 2026
REAL QUESTIONS WITH EXPERTLY
VERIFIED ANSWERS.
1. Electoral college - correct answer -congressional district
amount + 2 for each state
2. Primaries - correct answer -Election in which voters choose the
candidates from each party who will run in the general election
3. Caucuses - correct answer -meetings where political parties
chose their candidates
4. Convention process - correct answer -county convention elects
delegates to state, state convention nominates candidates to
statewide offices and delegates to national, national convention
elects party candidate to run for office
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5. Intention of the convention process - correct answer -to be
democratic reform of the nomination process
6. Basics of presidential elections - correct answer -- 50+1
majority
7. -each state has individual voting laws
8. -plurality system
9. Plurality system - correct answer -an electoral system in which
the winner is the person who gets the most votes, even if he or
she does not receive a majority; used in almost all American
elections
10. Closed primary - correct answer -A primary in which only
registered members of a particular political party can vote
11. Open primary - correct answer -A primary election in which
voters may choose in which party to vote as they enter the
polling place
