Ch 12: Elections and Voting

Question 1

electorate

Answer 1

the people who are able to vote

Question 2

mandate

Answer 2

a command for the elected officials to carry out their platform they ran on while in office

Question 3

primary election

Answer 3

election which decides a parties candidate for president

Question 4

closed primary

Answer 4

only people from that party can vote

Question 5

open primary

Answer 5

anyone can vote

Question 6

crossover voting

Answer 6

voting in the primary for the opposite party a person is registered with

Question 7

runoff primary

Answer 7

second primary where the two people who got the most votes run against each other

Question 8

general election

Answer 8

election for president or other elected office

Question 9

initiative

Answer 9

election that allows citizens to propose legislation

Question 10

recall

Answer 10

election where voters can remove an incumbent from office prior to the next scheduled election

Question 11

front loading

Answer 11

tendency to choose an early date on the nomination calendar

Question 12

Electoral College

Answer 12

the process of electing president

Question 13

elector

Answer 13

a member of the Electoral College

Question 14

reapportionment

Answer 14

reallocation of seats in the House after every decennial census

Question 15

incumbency

Answer 15

already holding offic

Question 16

mid-term election

Answer 16

election taking place in the middle of a presidential term

Question 17

conventional political participation

Answer 17

participation in political issues in conventional ways, writing letters, or voting, etc.

Question 18

unconventional political participation

Answer 18

participation in political issues in unconventional ways, protests, boycotts, picketing

Question 19

ticket splitting

Answer 19

voting for candidates of different party for various offices in the same election

Question 20

retrospective judgement

Answer 20

a voters evaluation of a candidate based on past performance

Question 21

prospective judgement

Answer 21

a voters evaluation of a candidate based on what the candidate promises to do

Question 22

turnout

Answer 22

the amount of people who show up to vote

Question 23

referendum

Answer 23

an election where the state legislature submits proposed legislation to voters for approval