What is the advantage of the electoral system over a direct
popular vote?
11. Methods of nominating candidates for the presidency and
vice-presidency before 1832:--
a. The absence of constitutional and legislative requirements.
b. Presidents not nominated.
c. Nominations by congressional caucuses.
d. Nominations by state legislatures.
e. Nominations by local conventions.
12. Nominations by national conventions in 1832 and since:--
a. The nature of a national convention.
b. The platform.
c. The number of delegates from a state, and their election.
d. The relation of the "primaries" to district, state, and
national conventions.
e. The nature of the primary.
f. Its two duties.
g. The duty of the voter to attend the primaries.
13. The presidency:--
a. Qualifications for the office.
b. The term of office.
14. Powers and duties of the president:--
a. As a commander-in-chief.
b. In respect to reprieves and pardons.
c. In respect to treaties with foreign powers.
d. In respect to the appointment of federal officers.
e. In respect to summoning and adjourning Congress.
f. In respect to reporting the state of affairs in the country
to Congress.
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