AP gov unit 5- Participation

Question 1

Rational choice voting

Answer 1

voting in your best interest

Question 2

Retrospecting Voting

Answer 2

Voting based on a candidate’s past action

Question 3

Prospective voting

Answer 3

Voting based on a candidates potential actions

Question 4

Party line voting

Answer 4

Voting purely for candidates of your political party (Straight ticket voting)

Question 5

Demographics

Answer 5

The science of population changes

Question 6

Critical Elections

Answer 6

An election that leads to a major party realignment

Question 7

Realignment

Answer 7

the switching of voter preference from one party to another

Question 8

Proportional system

Answer 8

An election system in which each party running receives the proportion of legislative seats corresponding to its proportion of the vote.

Question 9

Winner-take-it-all system

Answer 9

the party that receives at least one more vote than any other party wins the election

Question 10

Party coalition

Answer 10

A combination of groups of people who work together to achieve a political goal

Question 11

Linkage institution

Answer 11

people’s access to the government

Question 12

General election

Answer 12

Elections in which voters elect officeholders

Question 13

Midterm election

Answer 13

General elections that are in the US that are held two years after the quadrennial

Question 14

Open/closed primary

Answer 14

Closed Primary: must register with a party to vote. Encourages party loyalty. Open Primary: A voter doesn’t have to register with a specific party to vote

Question 15

Party caucus

Answer 15

A gathering of party members
Presidential nominating conventions

Question 16

Primary election

Answer 16

Voters decide which of the candidates within a party will represent the party in a general election

Question 17

Incumbency Advantage

Answer 17

All the tools available to office holders can be used to run a successful campaign for another term

Question 18

Bipartisan

Answer 18

a government or political action that consists of a compromise between 2 major parties

Question 19

Political action comitttee

Answer 19

an organization created to raise and distribute campaign funds to candidates seeking political justice

Question 20

Super PAC

Answer 20

committees that may receive unlimited contributions from individuals

Question 21

Independent Expenditure

Answer 21

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 22

Horse Race Journalism

Answer 22

Focusing on the race rather than substantive issues

Question 23

Third Parties

Answer 23

A minor political party other than the two major parties.