Reading...
Play button
Play button
Use LEFT and RIGHT arrow keys to navigate between flashcards;
Use UP and DOWN arrow keys to flip the card;
H to show hint;
A reads text to speech;
24 Cards in this Set
- Front
- Back
|
Blanket primary
|
A primary in which voters can vote for the Dem. candidates, the Rep. candidates, or some from each party
|
|
|
Closed primary
|
Primary in which voters must first declare to which party they belong
|
|
|
Coattails
|
Tendency of down-ballot candidates to profit from the presence on the ticket of a stronger candidate
|
|
|
Critical or realigning period
|
Time during which a sharp, lasting shift occurs int he popular coalition supporting 1 or both parties
|
|
|
Direct mail
|
Means of soliciting funds from millions of people
|
|
|
General election
|
Election used to fill an elective office
|
|
|
Incumbent
|
Person currently in office
|
|
|
Office-bloc ballot
|
Ballot listing all candidates for a given office under the name of that office
|
|
|
independent
|
a voter describing herself or himself as neither a Democrat nor a Republican
|
|
|
Open primary
|
Primary in which voters can vote for the candidates of either the Democratic or the Republican party
|
|
|
Party-column ballot
|
Ballot listing all candidates of a given party together under the name of that party
|
|
|
PAC
|
Group legally able to solicit campaign contributions from people within an organization and to funnel these to candidates for office (with some restrictions)
|
|
|
Position issue
|
Issue dviding the electorate on which rival parties adopt different policy positions to attract voters
|
|
|
presidential primary
|
a primary held to select delegates to the presidential nominating conventions of the major parties
|
|
|
Primary election
|
Election intended to select a party's candidates for elective office
|
|
|
Prospective voting
|
Voting for a candidate b/c one favors his ideas for addressing issues after the election
|
|
|
Retrospective voting
|
Voting for the candidate or party in office b/c one likes or dislikes how things have goine in the past
|
|
|
Runoff primary
|
Primary in which, to be successful, the candidate must receive a majority of all votes cast in that race
|
|
|
Split ticket voting
|
Practice of voting for one major party's candidates in state or local elections and the other's at the national level
|
|
|
Spots
|
Short TV ads used to promote a candidate for government office
|
|
|
Straight ticket voting
|
Voting for candidates who are all of the same party
|
|
|
Talking Heads
|
Televised pictures showing nothing more than individuals speaking
|
|
|
Valence issue
|
Issue on which voters distinguish rival parties by the degree to which they associate each party with goals that voters universally support or oppose
|
|
|
Visual
|
Filmed episode showing a candidate doing something newsworthy
|
