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18 Cards in this Set
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Front Loading
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To concentrate costs or benefits of (a financial obligation or deal) in an early period.
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Closed Primary
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closed primary n : a primary in which only registered members of a particular political party can vote;
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Open Primary
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Primary election at which voters are free to choose which party they wish to select the candidate for.
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Blanket Primary
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system used for selecting political party candidates in a primary election in the USA.
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Winner-take-all
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An election system in which the candidate with the most votes wins.
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Single member district
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An electoral district in which voters choose one representative or official.
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Electoral College System
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Electoral system used in electing the president and vice president, in which voters vote for electors pledged to cast their ballots for particular party's candidates.
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Amicus Curiae Briefs
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briefs provide to a court system by an interest group
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a. Who elects the president when no candidate receives a majority?
b. How is campaigning affected by the process? |
a. The House of Representatives.
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Lobbyist
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someone who is employed to persuade legislators to vote for legislation that favors the lobbyist's employer.
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Free Rider Program
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Party that enjoys a benefit accruing from a collective effort, but contributes little or nothing to the effort.
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Party Machine
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they are local most of the time and deal with patronage.
Well organized Take Donations They help candidates win the election being well organized. They know what the community needs to be told in order to vote for the candidate that they support. |
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PAC
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Political Action Committee- popular term for a political committee organized for the purpose of raising and spending money to elect and defeat candidates.
Support incumbency of both parties. (who ever is most likely to get re elected.) |
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Government Regulation
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involves the use of the law, mandated by the state, to produce outcomes which might not otherwise occur, prevent outcomes which might otherwise occur.
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Government Regulation of Campaigns
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the common term for the political effort in the united states to change the involvement of money in politics, primarily in political campaigns
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Interest Group
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group, pressure group, or special interest
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Factors that affect party identification
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when people identify with a party, they usually agree with the party's stance.
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Free Rider Program
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refers to a situation where some individuals in a population either consume more than their fair share or a common resource.
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