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Campaigns and Elections
Learning Objectives
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After reading Chapter 7 in the textbook, you should be able to:
- discuss the blanket and closed primary system and its impact on state elections,
- discuss the role of money and its use by incumbents and challengers in elections,
- discuss the difference between representative democracy and direct democracy,
- discuss the pros and cons of direct democracy and its impact on state elections and politics, and
- describe the role of the electorate and its changing status.
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