POLS 1101 Lecture Notes - Lecture 8: Campaign Finance In The United States, Get Out The Vote, Plurality Voting System

• School: University of Georgia
• Department: Political Science
• Course: POLS 1101
• Professor: Michael Lynch

Document Summary

Primary: a ballot vote in which citizens select a party"s nominee for the general election. General: the election in which voters cast ballots for house members, senators, and (every four years) a president and a vice president: first tuesday after the first monday in november. Open: primary election in which any registered voter can participate in the contest, regardless of party affiliation. Closed: primary election in which only registered members of a particular political party can vote. Plurality rule voting: a voting system in which the candidate who receives the most votes within a geographic area wins the election, regardless of whether than candidate wins a majority (more than half) of the votes. Majority rule voting: a voting system in which a candidate must win more than 50 percent of votes to win the election. If no candidate wins enough votes to take office, a runoff election is held between the top two vote-getters.