Ch 4 Terms

Question 1

An ALLIANCE of a VARIETY OF INDIVIDUALS AND GROUPS in SUPPORT of a PARTICULAR CANDIDATE for elected office.

Answer 1

coalition

Question 2

FORMAL PARTY MEETINGS to SELECT LEADERSHIP AND DELEGATES and to CREATE PLATFORM.

Answer 2

conventions

Question 3

STATEWIDE RACES below the level of president, U.S. senator, or governor.

Answer 3

down-ballot races

Question 4

DIVISION GROUP within a POLITICAL PARTY.

Answer 4

faction

Question 5

CHARACTERIZING A GROUP who ADHERE to a SET OF STRICT POLITICAL BELIEFS.

Answer 5

ideological

Question 6

the STATEMENT OF PRINCIPLES passed by a POLITICAL PARTY’S CONVENTION.

Answer 6

platform

Question 7

a GROUP OF PEOPLE who SHARE COMMON GOALS and ATTEMPT TO CONTROL GOVERNMENT by WINNING ELECTIONS

Answer 7

political party

Question 8

a POLITICAL MOVEMENT of ORDINARY PEOPLE who FEEL THEIR CONCERNS HAVE BEEN DISREGARDED BY THOSE IN POWER.

Answer 8

populist

Question 9

the BASIC OR GRASSROOTS LEVEL at which DELEGATES ARE SELECTED to the COUNTY PARTY CONVENTION.

Answer 9

precinct convention

Question 10

a POLITICAL SUBDIVISION through which ELECTIONS ARE CARRIED OUT.

Answer 10

precinct

Question 11

MIDLEVEL PARTY MEETING between PRECINCT AND STATE; SAME LEVEL AS COUNTY CONVENTION.

Answer 11

state senatorial district convention

Question 12

coalition

Answer 12

An ALLIANCE of a VARIETY OF INDIVIDUALS AND GROUPS in SUPPORT of a PARTICULAR CANDIDATE for elected office.

Question 13

conventions

Answer 13

FORMAL PARTY MEETINGS to SELECT LEADERSHIP AND DELEGATES and to CREATE PLATFORM.

Question 14

down-ballot races

Answer 14

STATEWIDE RACES below the level of president, U.S. senator, or governor.

Question 15

faction

Answer 15

DIVISION GROUP within a POLITICAL PARTY.

Question 16

ideological

Answer 16

CHARACTERIZING A GROUP who ADHERE to a SET OF STRICT POLITICAL BELIEFS.

Question 17

platform

Answer 17

the STATEMENT OF PRINCIPLES passed by a POLITICAL PARTY’S CONVENTION.

Question 18

political party

Answer 18

a GROUP OF PEOPLE who SHARE COMMON GOALS and ATTEMPT TO CONTROL GOVERNMENT by WINNING ELECTIONS

Question 19

populist

Answer 19

a POLITICAL MOVEMENT of ORDINARY PEOPLE who FEEL THEIR CONCERNS HAVE BEEN DISREGARDED BY THOSE IN POWER.

Question 20

precinct convention

Answer 20

the BASIC OR GRASSROOTS LEVEL at which DELEGATES ARE SELECTED to the COUNTY PARTY CONVENTION.

Question 21

precinct

Answer 21

a POLITICAL SUBDIVISION through which ELECTIONS ARE CARRIED OUT.

Question 22

state senatorial district convention

Answer 22

MIDLEVEL PARTY MEETING between PRECINCT AND STATE; SAME LEVEL AS COUNTY CONVENTION.