Chapter 17 Terms Flashcards
First Roman Catholic president
John F Kennedy
Amendment abolished poll taxes
Twenty-four Amendment
Election held to fill elective office
General election
Petition, independent announcement, caucus, convention, direct convention
Nominating candidates
First state to use direct primary current office holder
Wisconsin
Another word for blanket primary
Wide open primary
Nomination method used at the local level municipal offices in small communities and non-partisan school posts
Petition
Won the presidency although the only campaigning done was from his home
William Mckinley
Amendment gave voting rights to all male citizens regardless of the color
Fifteenth Amendment
Refers to the ability of a ranking candidate to draw voters to choose other lower candidates of the same party
Coattail Effect
Paid radio or television advertisement
Spot
Location in a specific precinct where residents go to vote
Polling place
Amendment gave voting rights to 18 years old
Twenty-sixth Amendment
Amendment gave voting right to woman
Nineteenth Amendment
What Andrew Jackson called Henry Clay becoming John Adams secretary of state
Corrupt bargain
First person to be elected to a major office by write-in
Storm Thurmond
Primary in which voters must be registered as members of one party and must vote accordingly
Closed primary
Primary which voters do not have to declare any party membership
Open primary
Current office holder
Incumbent
Describe what the National Voter Registration Act provided for
It made it easier to vote
Allows people to register to vote when getting a driver’s license, renewing a driver’s license, or while at the welfare office, state employment office or other social agency
Explain the difference hard money and soft money
Hard money is money raised for a specific candidate in federal elections and spent according to federal laws
Soft money is money raised apart from federal regulations and given to local, state, and national party organizations to be used for party-building activities
