Gov- Chp 9 Vocab

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the official endorsement of a candidate for office by a political party

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nomination

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the master game plan candidates lay out to guide their electoral campaign

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campaign strategy

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the supreme power within each of the parties, meets every four years to nominate the party's presidential and vice-presidential candidates and to write the party's platform

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national party convention

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a meeting of all state party leaders for selecting delegates to the national party convention

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caucus (state party)

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elections in which voters in a state vote for a candidate. Most delegates to the national party conventions are chosen this way

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presidential primaries

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a commission formed at the 1968 Democratic convention in response to demands for reform by minority groups and others who sought better representation

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McGovern-Fraser Commission

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national party leaders who automatically get a delegate slot at the Democratic national party convention

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superdelegates

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the recent tendency of states to hold primaries early in the calendar in order to capitalize on media attention

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frontloading

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a proposal by critics of the caucuses and presidential primaries, which who would replace these electoral methods with a nationwide primary held early in the election year

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national primary

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a proposal by critics of the caucuses and presidential primaries to replace these electoral methods with a series of primaries held in each geographic region

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regional primaries

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a political party's statement of its goals and policies for the next four years

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party platform

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a high-tech method of raising money for a political cause or candidate. It involves sending information and requests for money to people whose names appear on lists of those who have supported similar views or candidates in the past

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direct mail

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law passed in 1974 that provides public financing for presidential primaries and general elections, limited presidential campaign spending, required disclosure, and attempted to limit contributions

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Federal Election Campaign Act

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six-member bipartisan agency created by the Federal Election Commission Act, administers the campaign finance laws and enforces compliance with their requirement

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Federal Election Campaign

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political contributions earmarked for party-building expenses at the grassroots level or for generic party advertising

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soft money

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a corporation, union, or some other interest group that donate money to fund campaigns, usually looking for something in return

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Political Action Committees

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the phenomenon that people often pay the most attention to things they already agree with and interpret them according to their own predispositions

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selective perception