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15 Cards in this Set
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National party convention
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The supreme power with in each of parties. The convention 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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Caucus
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A meeting of all state party leaders for selecting delegate to the national party convention.
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Presidential primaries
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Elections in which voters in a state vote for a candidate (or delegates pledge to him or her)
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McGovern Fraser Commission
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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 to better representation.
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Super-delegates
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National party leaders who automatically get a delegate slot at the Democratic national party.
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Frontloading
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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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Federal Election Campaign Act
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A law passed in 1974 for reforming campaign finances. The act created the Federal Election Commission (FEC), providing 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 Commission
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A six-member bipartisan agency created by the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1974. The commission administers and enforces campaign finance laws.
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Soft money
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Political contributions earmarked for party-building expenses at the grass-roots level or for generic party advertising. Unlike money that goes to the campaign of a particular candidate, such party donations are not subject to contribution limits. For a time, such contributions were unlimited, until they were banned by the McCain-Feingold Act.
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Political action committees
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Funding vehicles created by the 1974 campaign finances reforms. A corporation, union, or some other interest group can create a PAC and register it with the Federal Election Commission (FEC), which will monitor the expenditures.
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Selective perception
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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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Electoral college
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A unique American institution created by the Constitution that provides for the selection of the president by electors chosen by the state parties.
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Closed primary
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Elections to select party nominees in which only people who have registered in advance with the party can vote for that party's candidates, thus encouraging greater party loyalty.
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Open primary
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Elections to select party nominees in which voters can decide on Election Day whether they want to participate in the Democratic or Republican contests.
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McCain-Feingold Act
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(1) banned soft money contributions. (2) increased the amount that individuals could give a candidate from $1000 to $2000 and indexed the latter amount to rise in the future along with inflation and (3) barred groups from running "issue ads" within 60 days of a general elections if they refer to a federal candidate and not funded through a PAC
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