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professional legislature
legislature whose members serve full-time and for long periods
reapportionment
the allocation of House seats to the states after each decennial census
redistricting
drawing new boundaries of congressional districts, usually after the decennial census
gerrymandering
drawing boundary lines of congressional districts in order to confer an advantage on some partisan or political interest
filing deadline
the latest date on which a candidate who wishes to be on a primary ballot may file official documents with and/or pay required fees to state election officials
open seat
a House or Senate race with no incumbent (because of death or retirement)
safe seat
a congressional district certain to vote for the candidate of one party
incumbency advantage
the electoral advantage a candidate enjoys by virtue of being an incumbent, over and above his or her other personal and political characteristics
frank
name given to representatives' and senators' free use of the U.S. mail for sending communications to constituents
casework
efforts by members of Congress to help individuals and groups when they have difficulties with federal agencies
constituency service
efforts by members of Congress to secure federal funding for their districts and to help constituents when they have difficulties with federal agencies
coattails
positive electoral effect of a popular presidential candidate on congressional candidates of the president's party
bloc voting
voting in which nearly all members of an ethnic or racial group vote for the same candidate or party
majority-minority district
district in which a minority group is the numerical majority of the population
affirmative action redistricting
the process of drawing district lines to maximize the number of majority-minority districts.