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| ceremonial head of the United States, the symbol of all the people of the nation |
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| vested by the Constitution with the "executive power" of the United States |
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| the director of the huge executive branch of the Federal Government |
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| the main architect of the American foreign policy and the nation's chief spokesperson ot the rest of the world |
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every single man and woman in uniform and the entire military arsenal is subject to the President's direct and immediate control |
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| the main arhcitect of its public policies |
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| the acknowledged leader of the political party that controls the executive branch; virtually unchallengeable in this role |
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| representative of all the people |
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| the scheme by which a presidential vacancy is filled |
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| Presidential Succession Act of 1947 |
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| the Speaker of the House and then the President pro tempore of the Senate are next in line for presidency if something were to happen to the President and Vice President |
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| the presidential candidate chooses a running mate who can strengthen his chance of being elected by virtue of certain ideological, geographic, racial, ethnic, gender, or other characteristics |
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| people who elect the President |
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| votes cast by electors in the electoral college |
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| group of people (electors) chosen from each State and DC to formally select the President and Vice President |
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| an election in which a party's voters choose some or all of a State party organization's delegates to their party's national convention and/or express a preference among various contenders for their party's presidential nomination |
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| the candidate wh won the preference vote automatically won all the support of the delegates chosen at the primary |
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| Proportional Representation |
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| any candidate who wins at least 15 percent of the votes cast at the primary gets the number that State's Democratic convention delegates that corresponds to his or her share of that primary vote |
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| the meetings at which the delegates vote to pick their presidential and vice presidential candidates |
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| formal statement of basic principles, stands on major policy matters, and objectives for the campaign |
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| a barn burner delivered by one of the party's most accomplished orators |
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| the electors would be chosen in each State in the same way as members of Congress |
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| each presidential candidate would receive the same share of a State's electoral vote as her or she received in the State's popular vote |
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| proposal to do away with the electoral college and allow the people to vote directly for President and Vice President |
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| the mas of people who can cast votes in an election |
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| National Popular Vote Plan |
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| looks to the State legislatures to take the lead in electoral college reform |
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