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
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