Quiz
1. Which State held the first presidential primary in 1905?
2. Some states have open primaries. This means:
3. Which of the following candidates did not run in a single primary, yet won his party's nomination for President?
4. What are the requirements for running in a primary?
5. To enter the New Hampshire primary, you must pay a filing fee of $1,000. What did candidate Austin Burton try to substitute for the fee in 1972?
1. Which State held the first presidential primary in 1905?
Wisconsin
2. Some states have open primaries. This means:
You may vote for candidates outside your own party.
3. Which of the following candidates did not run in a single primary, yet won his party's nomination for President?
Hubert Humphrey
4. What are the requirements for running in a primary?
The party must have received four percent of the state's previous gubernatorial or senatorial elections.
5. To enter the New Hampshire primary, you must pay a filing fee of $1,000. What did candidate Austin Burton try to substitute for the fee in 1972?
A four-foot long snakeskin.
Drop out of the race.
You're a strong runner up.
The candidacy is yours!