AP Gov political parties vocal

Question 1

Political party

Answer 1

An organized group of party leaders, office holders, voters who work together to elect candidates to political office.

Question 2

Party Identification

Answer 2

The degree to which a voter is connected to + influenced by a political party.

Question 3

Straight Ticket Voting

Answer 3

Voting for all of the candidates on the ballot from one political party.

Question 4

Split Ticket Voting

Answer 4

Voting for candidates from different parties in the same election

Question 5

Party Platform

Answer 5

a set of positions + policy objectives that members of a political party agree to

Question 6

Recruitment

Answer 6

The process through which political parties identify potential candidates

Question 6

Nomination

Answer 6

the formal processes through which parties choose their candidates for political office.

Question 7

Delegate

Answer 7

a person who acts as the voters representative at the convention to select the party nominee

Question 8

Superdelegate

Answer 8

Usually a party leader or activist who is not pledged to a candidate based on the outcome of the states primary or caucus

Question 9

Primary Election

Answer 9

an electron in which a states voters choose delegates who support a presidential candidate for nomination or an election by a plurality vote to select a party’s nominee for a seat in congress.

Question 10

General Election

Answer 10

Election in which voters decide which candidates will actually fill elective public offices.

Question 11

Open Primary

Answer 11

a primary election in which all eligible voters may vote regardless of their party affiliation.

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Closed Primary

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a primary election in which only those who have registered as a member of a political party may vote

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Caucus

Answer 13

a process through which a states eligible voters meet to select delegates to represent their preferences in the nomination processes

Question 14

Front loading

Answer 14

a decision by a state to push it’s primary or caucus to a date as early in the election season as possible to gain more influence in the presidential nomination process.

Question 15

Candidate Centered Campaign

Answer 15

a trend in which candidates develop their own strategies + raise money with less influence from the party elite

Question 16

Two-Party System

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a system to which two political parties dominate politics, winning almost all elections.

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Proportional Representation System

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an election system for a legislature in which citizens vote for parties, rather than individuals, and parties are represented in the legislature according to the percentage of the vote they receive

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Single Member Plurality System

Answer 18

a election system for choosing members of the legislature where the winner is the candidate who receives the most votes, even if the candidate does not receive a majority of the votes

Question 18

Third Party

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a minor political party in competition with the two major parties

Question 19

National Convention

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a meeting where delegates officially select their party’s nominee for the presidency.

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Party Coalition

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groups of voters who support a political party over time

Question 21

Realignment

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when the groups of people who support a political party shift their allegiance to a different political party

Question 22

Critical Election

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a major national election that signals a change in the balance of power between the two parties

Question 23

Era of Divided Government

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a trend since 1969, in which one party controls one or both houses of congress + the president is from the opposing party