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25 Cards in this Set
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General Election
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The regularly scheduled election at which voters make a final selection of office holders
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Self-Announcement
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Nominating method in which a person announces an intention to run for public office
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Caucus
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A group of like-minded people who meet to select candidates they will support in an upcoming election
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Closed Primary
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A party nominating election in which only declared party members can vote
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Open Primary
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A party nominating election in which any qualified voters can vote
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Absentee Voting
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The process by which people can vote without going to polling places on election day
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Political Action Committee
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The political extension of special interest groups
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Hard Money
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Campaign money given directly to candidates and subject to FEC regulations
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Soft Money
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Money given to parties or other political organizations in unlimited amounts
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Interest Group
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Group whose members share the same viewpoint and work to shape public policy on certain issues
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Lobbyist
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A person that tries to influence members of a law making group
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Chief of State
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The president as ceremonial head of the United States
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Chief Executive
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The president as the holder of the executive power of the United States
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Chief Administrator
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The president as the leader of the executive branch of the federal government
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Chief Diplomat
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The president as the main architect of American foreign policy and the nation's chief spokesperson to other countries
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Commander in Cheif
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The top person in charge of a nation's armed forced; in the U.S.; the president
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Chief Legislator
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The president as the main author of public policy
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Chief of Party
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The president as the leader of his or her political party
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Chief Citizen
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The president as the representative of all the peopel
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Presidential Succession
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Scheme by which a presidential vacancy is filled
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Electoral College
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Group of persons chosen in each state and the District of Columbia every four years to formally select of the president and vice president
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National Convention
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Meeting at which a party's delegates pick the presidential and vice-presidential candidates
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Executive Order
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An order the president give based on the authority of the constitution or that given by the president's closest advisers.
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Treaty
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An agreement between two or more countries or states about trade, peace, or other matters
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Executive Agreement
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A pact between the president and the head of a foreign country
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