10 Flashcards
Balnket primary
Each voter ,ay vote for candidates from both parties
Closed primary
A peimary election in which voting i
Imited to already registered oarty member
527 organization
Organization under section 527 that talks about raising and spending money for political causes
Coattails
The alleged tendency of candidates to win more votes in an election because of the presence at the top of the ticket of a better known candidate
General Election
Am election held to choose which candidates will hold office
Gerrymadering
Drawing the boundaries of legislative districts in blizzare or unusual shapes to favor one
Incumbent
The person already holding an elective office
Independent expenditures
Spending by political actions commitess, corporations or labor unions that is done to help a party or candidate but is done independently of them
Malapportionment
Drawing the boundaries of legislative districts so that they are unequal in population
Open primary
A primary elections in which voters may choose in which party to vote as they enter the polling place
PAC
A commitee set up by corporation, labor union, or interest group, that riases and spends moe y from volentary donations
Position issue
An issue about which te public is divided and rival candidates or politcal parties adopt different policy positions
Prospective voting
Voting for a candidate becaue you favor his or her ideas for handling issues
Retrospective voting
Voting for a candidate because you like his or her past actions
Runoff primary
A second primary election he,d when no candidates win a majority of teh votes in the first primary
