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39 Cards in this Set
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Coattails
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A candidate who is so popular that he helps other members of this party to get elected.
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Gerrymandering
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Organizing political party districts to receive an advantage.
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Open Primary
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Voters may vote in the primary of the party of their choice, despite registration.
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Closed Primary
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Voters may only vote for candidates in the party in which they are regulated.
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Prefrence Primary
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Voters express their opinion by voting. The delegates are not bound by their choice.
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Winner-take-all primary
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Candidate getting the most votes from a state's caucus or primary, gets all of that state's delegates at the national convention.
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Proportional primary
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Delegates are awarded to the candidate based on what regions of the state they win.
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Direct primary
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A preliminary election in which the party's candidates are nominated by direct vote of the people.
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Machine politics
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Organizations that are committed to placing candidates in office regardless of ideology to enrich the machine.
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De-alignment
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When voters leave major parties or become less committed to them.
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Hard money
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money that is contributed directly to a candidate or to a political party. It is regulated by law in both source and amount, and monitored by the Federal Election Commission.
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Soft Money
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Unlimited contributions to organizations and committees other than candidate campaigns and political parties.
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Realignment
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Sharp, lasting shift in the popular coalition supporting one or both parties.
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Plurality
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The largest number of votes to be received by any candidate or proposition when three or more choices are possible.
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Majority
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A subset of a group that is more than half of the entire group.
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Platform
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A list of the actions which a political party supports in order to appeal to the general public for the purpose of having said party's candidates voted into office.
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Split Ticket
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Voting for candidates of different parties for various offices in the same election.
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Ebb and Flow
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Term used to describe the emergence and decline of party success.
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Incumbent
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The person already holding an elective office.
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Political Action Committee (PAC)
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A committee set up by a corporation, labor union, or interest group that raises and spends campaign money for voluntary donations.
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Mal-apportionment
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Drawing the boundaries of legislative districts so that they are unequal in population.
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Position Issue
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An issue about which the public is divided and rival candidates or political parties adopt different policy positions.
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Valence Issue
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An issue about which the public is united and rival candidate or political parties adopt similar position in hopes that each will be thought to best represent those widely shared beliefs.
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Clothespin vote
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The vote cast by a person who does not like either candidate and so votes for the less objectionable of the two.
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Retrospective voting
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voting for a candidate because you like his or her past actions in office.
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Prospective voting
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Voting for a candidate because you favor his or her ideas for handling issues.
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Australian Ballot
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A government-printed ballot of uniform dimensions to be cast in secret that many states adopted around 1890 to reduce voting fraud associated with party-printed ballots cast in public.
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Gender Gap
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Difference in political views between men and women.
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Plank
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Individual items of a party platform in United States politics.
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Constituent
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A person who authorizes another to act in his or her behalf, as a voter in a district represented by an elected official.
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One-Man-One Vote
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A slogan that has been used in many parts of the world where campaigns have arisen for universal suffrage. (everyone gets to vote)
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Write-In Votes
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Mechanism of the ballot that allows you to write-in the name of your candidate, even if he or she is not on the ballot.
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Non-Partisan Election
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Elections where candidates do NOT align themselves on a party basis, but rather, on their own merits.
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Partisan Election
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Elections in which candidate DO align themselves with a specific party.
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Spin Doctor
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Groups hired specifically to "spin" events in a positive or negative manner in favor or against a candidate.
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Convention Bump
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A surge of support that U.S. presidential candidates in the Republican or Democratic party typically enjoy after the televised national convention of their party.
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Party Ticket
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A single election choice which fills more than one political office or seat, usually based on political party.
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Grassroots Campaign
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Organizations meant to do fundraising and gain support for specific causes, candidates, and political parties.
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Favorite Son Candidate
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A politician whose electoral appeal derives from his or her regional appeal, rather than his or her political views. OR
A member of a political party who is favored by the party leadership to assume a prominent role. |