3.1b

Question 0

Blanket primary

Answer 0

A primary election in which each voter may vote for candidates from both parties

Question 1

527 organization

Answer 1

Organization that, under section 527 of the Internal Revenue Code, raises and spends money to advance political causes

Question 2

Closed primary

Answer 2

A primary election in which voting is limited to already registered party members

Question 3

Coattails

Answer 3

The allegedly 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, such as the Pres.

Question 4

General election

Answer 4

An election held to choose candidates to hold office

Question 5

Gerrymandering

Answer 5

Drawing the boundaries of legislative districts in bizarre or unusual shapes to favor one party

Question 6

Incumbent

Answer 6

Person currently holding an elective office

Question 7

Independent expenditure

Answer 7

Spending by political action committees, corporations, or labor unions that is done to help a party or candidate but is done independently of them

Question 8

Malapportionment

Answer 8

Drawing the boundaries of legislative districts so that they are unequal in population

Question 9

Open primary

Answer 9

A primary election in which voters may choose for which party to vote as they enter the polling place

Question 10

Political action committee

Answer 10

A committee, set up by a corporation, labor union, or interest group, that raises and spends campaign money from voluntary donation

Question 11

Position issue

Answer 11

An issue about which the public is divided and on which rival candidates or political parties adopt different policy positions

Question 12

Primary election

Answer 12

An election held to choose candidates for office

Question 13

Prospective voting

Answer 13

Voting for a candidate because the voter favors his or her ideas for handling issues

Question 14

Retrospective voting

Answer 14

Voting for a candidate because the voter likes his or her past actions in office

Question 15

Runoff primary

Answer 15

A second primary election held when no candidate wins a majority of the votes in the first primary

Question 16

Soft money

Answer 16

Funds obtained by political parties that are spent on party activities, such as get-out-the-vote drives, but not on behalf of a specific candidate

Question 17

Sophomore surge

Answer 17

An increase in the votes congressional candidate usually enjoy when they first run for reelection

Question 18

Valence issue

Answer 18

An issue about which the public is united and on which rival candidates or political parties adopt similar positions in hopes that each will be thought to best represent those widely shared beliefs

Question 19

Plurality

Answer 19

The largest number of votes

Question 20

Single member districts

Answer 20

In any district the election determines one representative or official

Question 21

Caucus

Answer 21

Type of a primary

• local party members meet and agree on the candidate they will support; the local caucuses pass their decisions onto regional caucuses, who in turn vote on candidates, and pass information to the state caucus, makes a final decision

Question 22

Frontloading

Answer 22

The tendency for early primaries to be more important than later ones

Question 23

Super delegates

Answer 23

Current or former officials such as governors, presidents, and members of Congress who attend the Democratic national convention

-votes do not have to reflect the results of their state primary

Question 24

“American plan”

Answer 24

Would start the primaries in the small states and move on to larger ones

Question 25

Swing state

Answer 25

a state in which no single candidate or party has overwhelming support in securing that state’s electoral college votes