At a set hour, party supporters meet in precinct locations, discuss contenders, and stand in groups to show support before delegates are assigned. What nominating method is this?

A party's voters mark secret ballots during the day, and the results are used to award delegates to presidential contenders. What is this nominating method?

Far fewer people usually take part in a caucus than in a primary. What feature of caucuses most limits participation?

A caucus is run by a political party itself. Who usually runs a state's presidential primary?

A voter has no party registration but may choose one party's ballot at the polling place. Is the state using an open primary or a closed primary?

A voter registered with Party A asks for Party B's nominating ballot and is refused because only Party B registrants may participate. What type is it?

A state lets unaffiliated voters choose either party's primary ballot, but registered party members may vote only in their own party's primary. What type is it?

Some parties prefer closed primaries. What is a main reason for limiting a primary to voters registered with the party?

In an open primary, some members of Party A vote in Party B's primary to help nominate Party B's weakest candidate. What is this tactic called?

At a national convention, delegates cast votes after state contests have awarded most pledged delegates. Besides adopting a platform, what does the convention do?

At the national convention, delegates formally vote to approve a person the presidential nominee picked weeks earlier. Who is that person?

No contender enters the convention with a majority of delegates, so delegates vote in more than one round. What is the convention trying to produce?

Delegates at a national convention vote to adopt a written statement of the party's positions on major issues. What is this statement called?

A state's presidential primary is over and party rules have awarded delegates to candidates. In the nomination sequence, where do those delegates go next?

From January through June, state contests give one contender a majority of pledged delegates. Before the party has its November ticket, what step makes it official?

The national convention has nominated a presidential candidate and the nominee has named a running mate. What phase follows before voters cast November ballots?

Candidates have announced for president in the year before an election, and primary debates have begun. What voting stage normally follows in January through June?

Several states move their primaries from late spring to early March to gain candidate attention. What effect does this frontloading have on the race?

A campaign must compete in many delegate contests clustered in the first few weeks instead of one contest at a time. What is a likely frontloading consequence?

A late-voting state finds the likely nominee is already clear before its primary. What feature of the calendar most likely caused that reduced influence?