U.s. Government Political Beliefs/behaviors

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Those who follow politics and public affairs carefully.

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Attentive public

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Secret ballot printed at the espense of the state.

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Australian ballot

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Occurs when a presidential nominee chooses a vice presidential running mate who has different qualities in order to attract more votes for the ticket.

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Balancing the Ticket

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Election to choose candidates that is open to independents, and that allows voters to choose candidates from all the parties.

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Blanket primary

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Local party meeting.

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Caucus

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Party election to choose candidates that is closed to independents. Voters may not cross party lines.

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Closed primary

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The influences of a popular presidential candidate on the election of congressional candidates of the same party.

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Coattail effect

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Characteristics of populations, e.g. race, sex, income.

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Demographics

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Election of an officail directly by the people rather than by an intermediary group such as the Electoral college.

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Direct election

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Election in which the people choose candidates for office.

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Direct Primary

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Terms of office that have a definite length of time.

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Fixed terms

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Shedualing presidential primary elections early in an election year.

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Front loading

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Difference in voting patterns for men and women, particularly in the greater tendency of the latter to vote for the Democratic presidential candidates.

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Gender Gap

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Election in which the officeholders are chosen. Constrast with a primary election, in which only candidates are chosen.

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General election

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Campaign contributions donated directly to candidates.

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Hard money

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Set of beliefs about political values and the role of the government.

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Ideology

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An officeholder who is seeking reelection.

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Incumbent

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One is noe registered with a political party.

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Independent

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Tend to vote for candidates of one particular party.

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Independent Leaners

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Have no consistent pattern of party voting.

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Pure Independents

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Ads that focus on issues and do not explicitly encourage citizens to vote foe a certain candidate.

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Issue advocacy ads

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Occurs when social subgroups' beliefs, values, and norms agree less than 3/4 of the time.

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Conflictual political culture

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Occurs when social subgoups' beliefs, values, and norms agree more than 3/4 of the time.

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Consensual political culture

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Election to choose candidates that is open to independents, and in which voters may choose candidates form any one party.

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Open Primary

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A sense of affiliation that a person has with a particular political party.

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Party identification

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A list of positions and programs that the party adopts at the national convention.

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Party platform

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Each postition of a party platform.

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Plank

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The widely shared beliefs, values, and norms that citizens share about thier government.

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Political Culture

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More votes than anyone else, but less than half.

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Plurality

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Capacity to understand and influence politcial events.

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Political efficacy

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Process in which one acquired his/her political beliefs.

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Political Socialization

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An elction in which there is a long term change in pary alignment.

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Realigning ("critical") election

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An office that is ectremely likely to be won by a particular candidate or political party.

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Safe Seat

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System in which the people elect one representative per district. With a winner-take-all rule, this system strengthens the two major parties and weakens minor parties.

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Single member district system

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Campaign contributions that are not donated directly to candidates, but are instead donated to parties.

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Soft money

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Historically, the South voted solidly Democratic. However, the South is now strongly Republican.

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Solid South

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Casting votes for candidates of one's own party and for candidates of opposing parties.

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Split ticket voting

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The right to vote.

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Sufferage

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A delegate to the Democratic national convention who is there by virtue of holding an office.

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Superdelegate

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A tuesday in early March in which many presidential primaries, particularly in the South, are held.

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Super Tuesday

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A state that does no consistently vote either Democratic or Republican in presidential elections.

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Swing State