Am Gov Unit 6

Question 0

The process for removing an elected official from office

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Recall

Question 0

Actions of private citizens by which they seek to influence or support government and politics

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Political participation

Question 1

The right to vote

Answer 1

Suffrage/Franchise

Question 2

An election on a policy issue

Answer 2

Referendum

Question 2

Relatively routine political behavior that uses institutional channels and is acceptable to the dominant culture

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Conventional participation

Question 3

Relatively uncommon political behavior that challenges or defies established institutions and dominant norms

Answer 3

Unconventional participation

Question 3

A procedure by which the voters can propose an issue to be decided by the legislature or by the people in a referendum. It requires gathering a specified number of signatures and submitting a petition to a designated agency

Answer 3

Initiative

Question 4

An organization that sponsors candidates for political office under the organization’s name

Answer 4

Political party

Question 4

The percentage of eligible citizens who actually vote in a given election

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Voter turnout

Question 5

Designation as an official candidate of a political party

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Nomination

Question 6

A set of interrelated institutions that links people with government

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Political system

Question 6

A preliminary election, run by the state government, in which the voters choose each party’s candidates for the general election

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Direct primary

Question 7

A body of electors chosen by voters to cast ballots for president and vice president

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Electoral college

Question 8

A closed meeting of the members of a political party to decide questions of policy and the selection of candidates for office

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Caucus

Question 9

The statement of policies of a national political party

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Party platform

Question 10

A centralized party organization that dominates local politics by controlling elections

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Party machine

Question 11

A preliminary election conducted within a political party to select candidates who will run for public office in a subsequent election

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Primary election

Question 12

States’ practice of moving delegate selection primaries and caucuses earlier in the calendar year to gain media and candidate attention.

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Front-loading

Question 13

A national election held by law in November of every even-numbered year

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General election

Question 14

February 5, 2008 when twenty four states scheduled caucuses or primary elections to select delegates to the party conventions that ended up making history with the largest number of states choosing the most delegates

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Super Tuesday

Question 15

A gathering of delegates of a single political party from across the country to choose candidates for president and vice president and to adopt a party platform

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National convention

Question 17

A committee of a political party composed of party chairpersons and party officials from every state

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National committee

Question 18

An organization maintained by a political party to raise funds to support its own candidates in congressional elections

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Congressional campaign committee

Question 20

Primary elections in which voters must declare their party affiliation before they are given the primary ballot containing the party’s potential nominees

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Closed primaries

Question 21

Primary elections in which voters need not declare their party affiliation and can choose one party’s primary ballot to take into the voting booth

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Open primaries

Question 22

A special primary election used to select delegates to attend the party’s national convention, which in turn nominates the presidential candidate

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Presidential primary

Question 23

A method used to select delegates to attend a party’s national convention. Generally, a local meeting selects delegates for a county-level meeting, which in turn selects delegates for a higher-level meeting; the process culminates in a state convention that actually selects the national convention delegates

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Caucus/Convention

Question 26

In voting, a single party’s candidates for all the offices

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Straight ticket

Question 27

In voting, candidates from different parties for different offices

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Split ticket

Question 28

Financial contributions given directly to a candidate running for congressional office or the presidency

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Hard money

Question 29

Financial contributions to party committees for capital and operational expenses.

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Soft money