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53 Cards in this Set
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Political party system in the United States
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Two-party system
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Political party system that often requires coalitions to win elections
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Multi-party system
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All white males gained the right to vote under this President
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Andrew Jackson
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A political party formed to focus on one public policy matter
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Single-issue party
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When a minor party is successful their ideas are often taken over by a ___
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Major party
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A unit into which cities are often divided for the election of city council members
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Ward
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Smallest units of election administration
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Precincts
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Function of political parties to ensure that candidates are qualified and of good character
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Bonding Agent Function
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Most of the framers of the Constitution did not trust these
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Political Parties
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National Committee's main focus between Presidential elections
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Raise money and recruit voters
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The Federalists main goal
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Strong central government
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Cause a split in the Democratic Party before the Civil War
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Issue of Slavery
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term used to describe American Government since 1968
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Era of Divided Government
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Main goal/purpose of a political party
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Win elections and control government
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Political party that is based on a comprehensive set of beliefs
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Ideological Party
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Major contributor to the decentralized nature of political parties
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Federalism
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Minimum age to vote
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18
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Law passed to make voter registration easier
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The Motor Voter Law
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Even after the ratification of this Amendment, many tactics were used to deny African -Americans voting rights
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15th Amendment
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Key element of this law was that it applied to all elections held anywhere in the U.S.
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Voting Rights Act of 1965
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The Justice Departments review of state voting law changes is called
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Preclearance
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About 2 million people can not vote because they are
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in prison
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outlawed discrimination in registration and voting practices and in the workplace
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The Civil Rights Act of 1964
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Characteristics of a nonvoter
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young, unmarried, unskilled
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Elections that consistently have a lower voter turnout
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Primary elections
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Tool once used to keep African Americans from voting in most southern states
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Literacy tests
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Created the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights
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Civil Rights Act of 1957
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The single most significant and lasting predictor of how a person will vote
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Party identification
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Region of the U.S. that was allowing women to vote before the 19th Amendment
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West
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The old Confederate states can no longer be referred to as this because the Republican party now has success there
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Solid South
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People who register as this tend to be young and above average in in education, income and job status
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Independents
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The framers purposely left the power to set suffrage qualifications to each ___
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State
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Eliminated the poll tax
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24th Amendment
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A party election in which only registered party members can vote
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Closed Primary
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All states require that ballots be cast in ______
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Secret
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Level of office, new candidate or incumbent, how much money was raised
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Factors affecting how much is spent on campaigns
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Nomination in this way is often used by minor party or independent candidates at the local level
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Petition
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Where voters who live in a precinct go to cast their votes
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Polling Place
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A secret ballot provided at public expense
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Australian Ballot
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A candidate who can do this usually has an advantage in a national election
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Raise the most money
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Has become the most successful way for candidates to raise money from individuals
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The Internet
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Responsible for regulating campaign funding in state and local elections
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States
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Can only raise money from their members if they are branches of business associations, labor unions or professional organizations
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Political Action Committees (PAC's)
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the naming of those who will seek office
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Nomination
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Required that states replace all lever-operated and punch-card devices
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The Help America Vote Act
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Congress has the power to regulate the use of money in these campaigns
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Presidential and Congressional
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a nominating device in which a group of like-minded people meet to select the candidates that they will support
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Caucus
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Struck down some spending limits set by the FECA Amendments of 1974 as a violation of free expression
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Buckley v. Valeo
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Nomination method that became manipulated by party bosses and thus replaced by the direct primary
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Convention method
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Used in states that require an absolute majority rather than a plurality
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Runoff Primary
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Contributions given directly to candidates
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Hard money
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Contributions given to parties or political organizations
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Soft money
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the first Tuesday after the first Monday in November of every even-numbered year
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Congressional Elections
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