Which term describes an election in which voters decide which candidates will actually fill elective public offices?

• A. Primary Election
• B. Political Action Committee
• C. Platform
• D. General Election

Answer: (D)

The main idea is identifying the stage of an election that actually decides who will hold public offices. In a general election, voters choose among the nominated candidates and the winners take the offices they seek. This is the step after primaries have chosen each party’s nominees; the general election determines who fills each elective public position. The other terms don’t describe that final selection: a primary selects a party’s candidate, a platform is a party’s stated positions, and a Political Action Committee is a group that supports campaigns. So the term that describes the election where voters decide which candidates will actually fill public offices is the general election.