Notecards Second Set

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A group of people who seek to control government by winning elections.

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Political Party

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Keep Public Informed

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Parties

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Monitor conduct of successful candidates

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Parties

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Party function to criticize the party in power

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Watchdog

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The party in power controls

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Presidency

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Selecting candidates to run for office

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nomination

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Control most of the nomination process

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Parties

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Most Dictatorships have

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one party

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Only one candidate is chosen by the voter to each office

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Single-member district

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The sharing of governmental powers among a number of parties

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Coalition

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A party with just one purpose

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single-issue

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Single-issue parties have been

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short lived

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A party that breaks off from another party

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splinter party

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Based on a comprehensive view of social, economic, and political matters

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Ideological parties

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Manages the party's headquarters

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National Chairperson

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Key group in a State party structure

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central committee

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Contains a party's general principles only

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platform

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A party's platform is voted on at the

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National Convention

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In America___________ system

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two party

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Voting for candidates from different parties for different offices

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Split-ticket voting

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The framers of the Constitution opposed

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Parties

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Family influences, economic status, and significant historical events will influence a person's choice of

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Party

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Republican and Democratic platforms agree on

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general goals

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Membership in either party is

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voluntary

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The two party system began over the struggle to ratify the

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Constitution

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Major parties borrow popular ideas from

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Minor Parties

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The major parties organizations are

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decentralized

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Party platforms are drafted every

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Four years

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Parties try not to _______ voters

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Offend

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Made up of people who are upset about economic conditions

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economic protest party

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T.v. is used for what party function?

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Informer-stimuilator

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Suffrage

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right to vote

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Franchise

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right to vote

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Potential voting Population

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electorate

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Prohibits voter discrimination on the basis of sex

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19th amendment

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Prohibits voter discrimination on the basis of race

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15th amendment

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Basic unit of election administration

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Precinct

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Were used to keep blacks from voting

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Literacy tests

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Enabled illiterate whites to continue to vote

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grandfather clause

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Voter enrollment

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registration

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District for city council elections

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Ward

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Tax used to keep blacks from voting

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poll tax

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Fewer votes cast for offices further down the ballot

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ballot fatigue

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Votes for president but no lesser candidates

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nonvoting voter

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How people gain political opinions

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Political socialization

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Greatest predictor of partisan voting

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Party Identification

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Voters with no party affiliation

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Independents

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Voting for candidates all from the same party

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straight-ticket

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The right to vote is a

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Political right

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Age, Residence, and citizenship

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voting qualifications

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Used to vote when away from home

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absentee ballot

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Used to prevent bribery and allow informed voting

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Residency requirement

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Reduces voter turnout

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registration

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The Civil rights act of 1960 provided federal

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voting officers

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The voting rigts act of 1965 made effective the

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15th amendment

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Voter turnout is higher in

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Presidential elections

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A non-presidential election

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off-year election

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Main reason for nonvoting

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lack of interest

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Sign of weakening in party identification

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Split-ticket voting

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Enabled illiterate whites to vote despite literarcy tests

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grandfather clause

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Literarcy tests were intended to disfranchise

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blacks

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Oldest form of nominating

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self-announcement

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Meeting of like minded persons to select candidates

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Caucus

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Most widely used method for nomination

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Direct primary

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Election withing a party to pick candidates

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Direct primary

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Primary where candidates are not labeled by party

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Nonpartisan primary

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Place where you vote

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Polling place

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Candidates' names listed by office

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Office-group ballot

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Encourages "straight-ticket" voting

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party-column ballot

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Device by which a vote is cast

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ballot

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Federal or state funds for Presidential campaigns

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Public subsidies

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All major presidential nominees are chosen by

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convention

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Can be used when no candidate wins a majority

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runoff primary

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Secret ballot

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Australian

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Non-party memebers can vote in the primary

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Open Primary

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Only party members can vote in the primary

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closed primary

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Sets the date for congressional elections

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Congress

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Has the power to regulate presidential election process

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Congress

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First Tuesday following the first Monday in November every fourth year

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Presidential elections

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Presidential candidate winning support for lesser candidates

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"coattail" effect

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Largest item on campaign budget

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T.V.

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Administer Federal Campaign finace laws

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FEC

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Mas. contributions per person to a candidate and Comm. During election cycle (2 years) cannot exceed.

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$108,200.00

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Places limits on campaign contributions

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FEC

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Excludes independent voters from nomination process

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Closed primary

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Intraparty exercise which tends to divide the party

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Nomination