Sharpening reading skills.

A. Making inferences Mark each statement below true (T) or false (F).

_____ 1. Delegates at a national political convention belong to the same party.

_____ 2. When a political convention comes to town, many businesses make money.

_____ 3. The presidential candidate is expected to accept the party's platform.

_____ 4. Being a delegate to a political convention could give a person a headache.

_____ 5. A lot of compromises are made during a political convention.

_____ 6. When delegates choose their party's presidential candidate, their main concern is to choose someone who will be a good president.

_____ 7. When the convention votes, the candidate who wins the majority of the delegates' votes becomes the presidential candidate.

_____ 8. The candidate with the second-largest number of delegate votes becomes the party's vice presidential candidate.

_____ 9. This reading suggests that the U.S. needs more political parties.

B. What does the chart say?

Answer these questions based on the chart of popular and electoral votes.

1. In 2000, which of the four listed states gave Bush more popular votes?

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2. Who got more popular votes in these four states combined, Gore or Bush?

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3. Who got more electoral votes in these four states combined?

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4. The chart says that Gore got all 11 of Wisconsin's electoral votes? Why?

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5. Why did Gore win more electoral votes in these four states even though Bush

won more popular votes?

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