Chapter 6

Question 1

Nonpartisan

Answer 1

An election in which candidates are not selected for endorsed by political party and party is not listed

Question 2

Patronage

Answer 2

Dispensing of government jobs to persons who belong to the winning political party

Question 3

Honeymoon

Answer 3

. At the beginning of a new president’s term during which the president enjoys generally positive relations with the press and usually lasting about six months

Question 4

Caucus

Answer 4

A meeting of party members to choose party officials or candidates for public office and to decide the platform

Question 5

Party convention

Answer 5

A meeting of party delegates to vote on matters of policy and, in some cases, to select party candidates for public office

Question 6

Direct primary

Answer 6

And election in which voters choose party nominees

Question 7

Open primary

Answer 7

He primary election in which any voter regardless of party may vote

Question 8

Crossover voting

Answer 8

Voting by a member of one party for a candidate of another party

Question 9

Closed primary

Answer 9

A primary election in which a person is registered in the party holding the primary May vote

Question 10

Minor party

Answer 10

A small political party that persists overtime that is often composed of ideologies on the right or left, or centered on a charismatic candidate. Such a party is also called a third-party

Question 11

Proportional representation

Answer 11

And elections system in which each party running received a portion of legislative seats corresponding to a portion of the vote

Question 12

Winner take all system

Answer 12

An election system in which the candidate with the most vote wins

Question 13

Realigning election

Answer 13

An election during periods of expanded suffrage and change the economy and society that proves to be a turning point, redefining the agenda of politics and yhe alignment of Voters within parties

Question 14

Divided government

Answer 14

Governance divided between the parties, as when one holds the presidency and the other controls one or both houses of Congress

Question 15

National party convention

Answer 15

A national meeting of delegates selected in primaries, caucuses, or state conventions who ads me once every four years to nominate candidates for president and vice president, ratify the party platform, elect officers, and adopt rules

Question 16

Platform

Answer 16

Every four years the political parties draft a document stating the policy positions of the party this party platform details general party wide issues stances . The process sometimes engenders disputes among fellow partisans what is rarely an election issue and Austin is written to avoid controversy

Question 17

Party registration

Answer 17

The act of declaring party affiliation required by some states when one registers to vote

Question 18

Party identification

Answer 18

And affiliation with a political party that most people acquire a child. The best predictor of voting behavior in partisan candidate elections

Question 19

Dealignment

Answer 19

Weakening of partisan preferences that point to a rejection of both major parties and a rise in the number of independence

Question 20

Soft money

Answer 20

Money raised in unlimited amounts by political parties for party billing purposes. Now largely illegal except for a limited contributions to state or local parties for voter registration and get out the vote efforts

Question 21

Party independent expenditures

Answer 21

Spending by political party committees that is independent of the candidate. The spending occurs in relatively few competitive contests and is often substantial

Question 22

Hard money

Answer 22

Political contributions given to a party candidate or interest group that are limited in amount and fully disclosed. Raising such limited funds was harder than raising unlimited soft money hence the term hard money

Question 23

Political party

Answer 23

An organization that seeks political power by electing people to office so that its positions and philosophy become public policy