A Second Election Held in Some States If No Candidate

question 41

Multiple Choice

A second election held in some states if no candidate in the primary election receives a majority of the votes is called

• A) a direct primary.
• B) a runoff primary.
• C) an open primary.
• D) a closed primary.

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Definitions:

Checkers Speech

A speech given by Richard Nixon, then a vice-presidential candidate, in 1952 to address and deny allegations of improper campaign fundraising, famously referencing his family's cocker spaniel, Checkers.

Richard Nixon

The 37th President of the United States, serving from 1969 until 1974, when he became the first U.S. president to resign from office.

Television

An electronic system of transmitting moving images and sound from a source to a screen, used for broadcasting visual content to the public.