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41 Cards in this Set
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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
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