Chapter 10-Section 2

Question 1

Valence Issue

Answer 1

An issue about which the public is united and rival candidates or political parties adopt similar positions in hopes that each will be though to best represent those widely shared beliefs

Question 2

General Election

Answer 2

An election held to choose which candidate will hold office

Question 3

Primary Election

Answer 3

An elector held to choose candidates for office

Question 4

Closed Primary

Answer 4

A primary election in which voting is limited to already registered party members

Question 5

Open Primary

Answer 5

A primary election in which voters may choose in which party to vote as they enter the polling place

Question 6

Blanket Primary

Answer 6

A primary election in which each voter may vote for candidates from both parties

Question 7

Runoff Primary

Answer 7

A second primary election held when no candidate wins a majority if the votes in the first primary

Question 8

Independent Expenditures

Answer 8

Spending by political action committees, corporations, or labor unions to help a party or condo date but done independently of them

Question 9

Soft Money

Answer 9

Fund so brained by political parties that are spent on party activitues, such as get-out-the-vote drives, but not on behalf of a specific candidate

Question 10

527 Organizations

Answer 10

Organizations under section 527 ovitingf the Internal Revenue Code that raise and spend money to advance political causes

Question 11

Prospective Voting

Answer 11

Voting for a candidate because you favor his or her ideas for handling issues

Question 12

Retrospective Voting

Answer 12

Voting for a candidate because you like his or her past actions on office