Chapter 10 Vocab Flashcards
A paid professional hired to devise a campaign strategy and manage a campaign
Political Consultant
A statewide primary election of delegates to a political party’s national convention to help a party determine its presidential nominee.
Presidential Primary
A poll taken for the candidate on a nearly daily basis as Election Day approaches
Tracking Poll
A small group of individuals who are led in discussion by a professional consultant to gather opinions and responses to candidates responses
Focus Group
A series of acts passed by congress in attempt to limit and regulate the size and sources of contributions and expenditures in political campaigns
Corrupt Practices Acts
An act passed in 1939 that prohibited a political group from spending more than $3 million in any campaign and limited any individual contributions to a committee to $5,000
Hatch Act
Campaign contributions that evade contribution limits by being given to parties and party committees to help fund general party activities.
Soft Money
Nonregulated contributions from PAC’s, ideological organizations, and individuals.
Independent Expenditures
The practice of adding together maximin individual campaign contributions to increase their impact on their candidate.
Bundling
A presidential primary in which contending candidates compete for popular votes but the results have little or no impact on the section of delegates to the national convention.
Beauty Contest
A party leader or elected official who is given the right to vote at the party’s national convention.
Superdelegate
A closed meeting of party leaders to select party candidates or to decide on policy
Caucus
The presidential candidate who appears to have the most momentum at a given time in the primary season
Front-Runner
The date on which a number of presidential primaries are held
Super Tuesday
The practice of moving presidential primaries to the early part of the campaign to maximize the impact of certain states or regions on the nomination
Front-Loading
A committee used by political parties at their national conventions to determine which delegates may participate
Credentials Committee
A person on the partisan slate that is selected early in the presidential election year according to state laws and the applicable political party apparatus
Elector
A secret ballot prepared, distributed, and tabulated by government officials at public expense
Australian Ballot
A form of general election ballot in which candidates for elective office are grouped together under the title of each office
Office block or Massachusetts Ballot
A form of general election ballot in which candidates for elective office are arranged in one column under their respective party labels and symbols
Party Column or Indiana Ballot
The influence of a popular candidate on the electoral success of other candidates on the same party ticket
Coattail Effect
The % of citizens taking part in the election process
Voter turnout
When people purposively and rationally decide not to become informed on an issue because they believe that their vote will it be a determining one
Rational Ignorance Effect
The entry of a persons name onto the list of eligible voters for elections
Registration
A category of people within a society who have similar levels of income and similar types of occupations
Socioeconomic Status
Voting for a candidate based of how he/she stands on a particular issue
Issue Voting
