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36 Cards in this Set
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Attentive public |
Those who follow politics and public affairs carefully |
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Australian ballot |
Secret ballot printed at the expense of the state |
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Balancing the ticket |
President chooses vice president that has different wualities to attract more votes |
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Blanket primary |
Election that allows candidates from independent and voters can vote for anyone |
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Caucus |
Local party meeting |
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Closed primary |
Election closed to independents. Voters cant vote cross party lines |
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Coattail effect |
Influence of a popular presidential candidate on election of same party |
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Demographics |
Characteristics of populations |
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Direct election |
Election directly by people rather than electoral college |
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Direct primary |
People choose candidates for college |
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Fixed terms |
Terms in office that have a definite length of time |
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Front loading |
Scheduling presidential primary elections early |
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Gender gap |
Difference in voting pattern of men and women |
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General election |
Election in which the officeholders are chosen |
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Hard money |
Donations given straight to candidates |
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Ideology |
Set of beliefs about political values and role of the govt |
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Incumbent |
An officeholder who is seeking re-election |
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Independent |
One who doesn’t registered with a party |
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Issue advocacy ads |
Ads that focus on issues and do not explicitly encourage citizens to vote for a certain candidate |
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Open Primary |
Election to choose that is open to independents and voters can choose any party |
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Party identification |
A sense of affiliation that a person has with a particular political party |
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Political culture |
The widely shared beliefs, values, and norms that citizens share about their govt |
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Plurality |
More votes than anyone else, but less than half |
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Political efficacy |
Capacity to understand influence political events |
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Political socialization |
Process in which one acquires his personal beliefs |
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Realigning “critical” elections |
An election in which there is a long term change in party alignment |
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Safe seat |
An office that is extremely likely to be won by a particular candidate |
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Single member district system |
People elect one representative per district. Strengthens two major parties and weakens minor parties |
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Soft money |
Campaign contributions that are not donated directly to candidates but to parties |
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Solid south |
South votes strongly republican |
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Split ticket voting |
Casting votes for candidates of ones own party and for fandidates if opposing parties |
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Straight ticket voting |
Casting votes only from candidates of ones own party |
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Suffrage |
The right to vote |
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Superdrlegate |
A delegate to the democratic national convention who is there bu virtue of holding an office |
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Super tuesday |
A Tuesday in early march in which many presidential prinaries, mostly in south, are held |
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Swing states |
A state that for not consistently vote either democratic it republican in presidential elections |
