Ch 9 Vocab

Question 0

Master game plan candidates lay out to guide theur electoral campaign

Answer 0

Campaign strategy

Question 1

Official endorsement of a candidate for office by a political party

Answer 1

Nomination

Question 2

Supreme power within each of the parties which functions to select presidential candidates and weite a platform. Meets every 4 years

Answer 2

National party convention

Question 3

Meetin of all state party leaders for selecting delegates to the national party convention

Answer 3

Caucus

Question 4

Where voters in a state go to the polls and vote for a candidate or delegates pledged to that candidate

Answer 4

Presidential primaries

Question 5

commission formed at the 1968 democratic convention in response to demands for reform by minority groups and others who sought better representation

Answer 5

McGovern Fraser Commission

Question 6

(Only the democrats) national party leaders who automatically get a delegate slot at the Democrats national party convention

Answer 6

Superdelegates

Question 7

Recent tendency of states to hold primaries early in the calendar in order to capitalize on media attention

Answer 7

Frontloading

Question 8

proposal by critics of the caucuses and presidential primaries which would replace these electoral methods w/a nationwide primary held early in the election year

Answer 8

national primary

Question 9

Proposal by critcs of the caucuses and presidenti primaries which would replace these elector methods with a nationwide series of primaries held in each geographic region

Answer 9

Regional primaries

Question 10

Political partys statement of its goals and policies for the next 4 years

Answer 10

Parttyplatform

Question 11

High tech method of raising money for a political cause or candidate; locating potential supporters by sending info & request for money to lists of ppl whove supported candidates of similar views in the past

Answer 11

Direct mail

Question 12

Law passed in 1974 for reforming campaign finances

Answer 12

Federal election campaign act

Question 13

Six member bipartisan agency created by FEC act of 1974, administers and enforces campaign finance laws

Answer 13

FEC

Question 14

Money from the $3 federal income tax check off goes into this fund, which is then distributed to qualified candidates to subsidize their presidential campaigns

Answer 14

Presidential Election Campaign Fund

Question 15

Contributions of up to $250 are matched from the Presidential Election Campaign Fund to candidates for the presidential nomination who qualify and agree to meet various conditions, such as limiting their overall spending

Answer 15

Matching funds

Question 16

Pol contributions earmarked for party building expenses at ths grass-roots level.

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Soft money

Question 17

Independent goups thatseek to influence the pol process but arent subject to contribution restrictions cause theydont directly seek the election of particular candidates

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527 groups

Question 18

Corporation, union, or some other interest group tht can create a PAC & register w/the FEC

Answer 18

Political Action Committees

Question 19

Phenomenon where ppl pay the most attention to things they already agree w/&interpret them accoring to their own predispositions

Answer 19

Selective perception