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| The writers of the constitution decided on a ____ executive because having only onewould provide the advantage of quick action |
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| a fixed term of office helps prevent |
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| the twenty second amendment limits prresidential tenure to how many terms |
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| a constitutional system of what governs the relationship between congress and the president and helps what the power of both |
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| checks and balances, limit |
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| the president is elected by ... composed of the same number of memebers from each state as that state has ... and ... |
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| electoral college, senators, representatives |
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| before twelrth amendment how may votes were cast |
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| now how many votes for president? for vice president? |
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| rise of what reduced the electoral college to a mere formality |
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| what developed as a result of the spirit of democracy of U.S. political institutions |
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| National Nominating Conventions |
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| who do most of the work at the conventions |
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| how are most convention delegates elected |
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| in caucus or by primaries |
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| presidential campaigns are financed by donations from what three groups |
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| individuals, political parties, pac's |
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| political action committee |
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