Political Science Proficiency Exam

What is government? {Ans: The authority that executes the policies and affairs of the state.}How does the President get elected? {Ans: Select a party and run in the state primaries and caucuses. Each state and each party has its own rules. Voting can be open to all or open to only party members. Some states have winner-take-all primaries, while others award delegates based on the proportion of the vote. Both parties also have some delegates that vote at the conventions that are not elected by the people. The GOP has only a few, whereas the democrats have around 20%, called superdelegates. Both parties select their candidate using delegates from each state at a national convention. Once the primary is over, each party's candidate runs against the others in a national election. In the national election, Electoral College votes are given to each state according to the number of members of congress that state has. The candidate with the most popular votes in that state is awarded those electoral votes. Whatever candidate receives a majority of the electoral votes is declared the winner. If no candidate receives a majority of the electoral votes, then the House of Representatives would