Question

A political party's presidential candidate is selected by __________.

A) Delegates at the party's national convention
B) majority vote in primary election
C) Members of the electoral college
D) Majority vote in a general election

Answer 1

A delegates at the party's national convention
Each state has either a primary election or a caucus. Various rules apply, but in general the majority winner either takes all primary votes or there is proportional allocation to which the delegates then pledge to follow. There is a chance the delegates that are pledged to vote a certain way can still vote against the popular vote. However, this is very rare and does occur at a rate that will affect the final outcome.