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29 Cards in this Set
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What kind of primary would a registered demorcrat who wanted to vote on the republican ballot want to vote in?
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Open Primary
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What kind of election actually fills the nation's public offices?
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General election
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Which process allows citizens to propose legislation and submit it to the state electorate for a popular vote?
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Intiative
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What method is the oldest and least used of choosing delegates to the national convention?
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caucus.
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What selects delegates to the convention?
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primary elections and grassroots caucuses.
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What is a personal campaign?
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when the candidate shows up at the workplace, coffees, luncheons and other places to meet and greet voters.
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WHen would a candidate use inoculation advertising?
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when they attemmpt to counteract an anticipated attack from the opposion.
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what is the states electoral vote equal to?
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the number of senators plus the number of house members
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What if no candidate recieves a majority vote in the electoral college?
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the election is cast into the house of Rep.
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What is a shifting of party coalition groupings in the electorate that remains in place for several elections?
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party realignment
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What do congressional incumbents seeking reelection need to worry least about?
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name recoginition
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In voter turnout stats, there is a relationship between voting and what three things?
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1. income
2. race 3. age |
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What are reasons for low voter turnout rates in the US?
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the difficulty of registration, voter attitudes (feel it doesnt matter), the number of elections,
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Which is the reelection rate higher for: Senators or House members?
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House members
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What is a closed primary?
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a primary election in which only a partys registered voters are eligible to vote.
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what kind of election do voters decide which of the candidates with in party will represent hte party in the general election?
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primary election
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why does being in office help a person stay in office because of a variety of benifits that go with position?
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incumbency
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waht is recall?
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removal of an incumbent from office by popular vote.
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what is raiding?
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an attempt by voters of one party to influence the promary results of the other party.
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what is political action committee? (PAC)
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a fund raising committee that represents interst grooups ion the political process
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what is the difference between soft money and hard money
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soft money is givin to compain and hard money goes directly to the candidate
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what is a nomination campaign aimed at winning?
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primary election
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where do donations from the general tax revenues to the campaigns of qualifying presidential candidates come from?
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public funds
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what is voter cancass?
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when a campaign gets in touch with voters by phone or door
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who gives public opinion surveys that guide political campaignes
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pollster
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what is secular realignment?
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the gradual rearrangement of aprty coalition, based more on demographic shifts than on shocks to the political system
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Which campaign is a fund-raising literature distribution that does not directly involve the candidate
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organizational campaign
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PAC cannot advertise neg. attacks how many days before the election?
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30
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what is the difference between france and america with groups?
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france is centralized and america is decentralized (groups all over the place)
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