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The person already an elective office.
incumbent
The alleged tendency of candidates to win more votes in an election because of the presence at the top of the ticket of a better-known candidate, such as the president.
coattails
A committee set up by a corporation, labor union, or interest group that raises and spends campaign money from voluntary donations.
political action committee (PAC)
Drawing the boundaries of legislative districts so that they are unequal in population.
malapportionment
Drawing the boundaries of legislative districts in bizarre or unusual shapes to favor one party.
gerrymandering
An increase in the votes congressional candidates usually get when they first run for reelection.
sophomore surge
An issue about which the public is divided and rival candidates or political parties adopt different policy positions.
position issue
An issue about which the public is united and rival candidates or political parties adopt similiar positions in hopes that each will be thought to best represent those widely shared beliefs.
valence issue
An election held to choose which candidate will hold office.
general election
An election held to choose candidates for office.
primary election
A primary election in which voting is limited to already registered party members.
closed primary
A primary election in which voters may choose in which party to vote as they enter the polling place.
open primary
A primary election in which each voter may vote for candidates from both parties.
blanket primary
A second primary election held when no candidate wins a majority of the votes in the first primary.
runoff primary
Spending by political action committees, corporations, or labor unions that is done to help a party or candidate but is done independently of them.
independent expenditures
Funds obtained by political parties that are spent on party activities, such as get-out-the-vote drives, but not on behalf of a specific candidate.
soft money
Organizations that, under section 527 of the Internal Revenue Code, raise and spend money to advance political causes.
527 organizations
Voting for a candidate because you favor his or her ideas for handling issues.
prospective voting
Voting for a candidate because you like his or her past actions in office.
retrospective voting