H Government Exam Cont

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Split Ticket

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Voting for different candidates from diff parties for diff offices.

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Straight Ticket

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Voting all offices for one political party

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Primary Election

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A preliminary election conducted within a political party to select candidates who will run for public office in a subsequent office.

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Open Election

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An election that lacks an incumbant

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First-Past the Post Election

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A British term for elections conducted in single-member districts that award victory to teh candidate with the most votes

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Blanket Primary

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A Primary election in which voters recieve a ballot containing both parties' potential nominees and can help nominate cendidates for all offices for both parties.

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Federal Election Comission

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FEC: A federal agency that oversees the financing of national election campaigns

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General Election

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A national election held by law in November of every even-numbered year

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Open Primary Election

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A primary election in which voters need not declare their party affiliation but must choose one parties primary ballott to tke into the booth.

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Local Caucus

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A methos used to select delegates to attend a parties natl convention. A local meeting selects delegates for a county meeting and so on. Th eprocess culminates in a state convention that selects the delegates for teh natl convention

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Closed Primary

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A primary election where voters must declare their party affiliation before they are given the primary ballot containing that parties potential nominees

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Presidential Primary

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A special primary election used to select delegates to attend the parties natl convention which in turn nominates the presidentail candidates.