This topic contains a solution. Click here to go to the answer

Author Question: What are advantages and disadvantages of the winner-take-all primary? Which party allows ... (Read 20 times)

ts19998

  • Hero Member
  • *****
  • Posts: 531
What are advantages and disadvantages of the winner-take-all primary? Which party allows winner-take-all primaries?
 
  What will be an ideal response?

Question 2

What is reapportionment and why is it done? How does it affect presidential politics? Be sure to give specific examples.
 
  What will be an ideal response?



Related Topics

Need homework help now?

Ask unlimited questions for free

Ask a Question
Marked as best answer by a Subject Expert

frejo

  • Sr. Member
  • ****
  • Posts: 349
Answer to Question 1

Answer: An ideal response will:
1. Define the winner-take-all primary as a state primary election in which the candidate who wins the most votes secures all of that state's delegates to the convention.
2. Explain how this form of primary enables a candidate to quickly amass the required majority of delegates, avoiding divisive primary battles. This form of primary is considerably less representative, however.
3. Note that the Republican Party favors this form of primary while the Democratic Party no longer permits it.

Answer to Question 2

Answer: An ideal response will:
1. Explain that reapportionment is the process of reallocating representation in the House of Representatives based on population shifts revealed by the most recent census.
2. Note that the Constitution mandates that the seats be reapportioned every ten years, although states can do them more frequently if they wish.
3. Explain that this affects presidential politics because some states gain or lose seats in the House, while others win them.
4. Note that this also affects how many electors represent each state in the Electoral College.




ts19998

  • Member
  • Posts: 531
Reply 2 on: Jul 10, 2018
Thanks for the timely response, appreciate it


carojassy25

  • Member
  • Posts: 299
Reply 3 on: Yesterday
Excellent

 

Did you know?

During the twentieth century, a variant of the metric system was used in Russia and France in which the base unit of mass was the tonne. Instead of kilograms, this system used millitonnes (mt).

Did you know?

As many as 28% of hospitalized patients requiring mechanical ventilators to help them breathe (for more than 48 hours) will develop ventilator-associated pneumonia. Current therapy involves intravenous antibiotics, but new antibiotics that can be inhaled (and more directly treat the infection) are being developed.

Did you know?

Everyone has one nostril that is larger than the other.

Did you know?

The human body produces and destroys 15 million blood cells every second.

Did you know?

The first war in which wide-scale use of anesthetics occurred was the Civil War, and 80% of all wounds were in the extremities.

For a complete list of videos, visit our video library