Chapter 9

Question 1

National party convention

Answer 1

The supreme power with each of the parties the convention meets every four years to nominate the party’s presidential and vice presidential candidates

Question 2

Caucus

Answer 2

A meeting of all state party leaders for selecting delegates to the national party convention

Question 3

Presidential primaries

Answer 3

Elections in which voters in a state vote for a candidate

Question 4

Mcgovern-Fraser commission

Answer 4

A commission forms at the 1968 democratic convention in response to the man’s for reform up by my Nordie groups and others who sought better representation

Question 5

Superdelegates

Answer 5

National party leaders automatically get a delegate slot at the democratic national party oconvention

Question 6

Front loading

Answer 6

The recent tendency of states to hold primaries in the early calendar in order to capitalize on media attention

Question 7

National primary

Answer 7

A proposal by critics of the caucuses and presidential primaries which would replace these electoral methods with the nationwide primary held early in the election year

Question 8

Regional primaries

Answer 8

A proposal by critics of the caucuses and presidential primaries to replace these elect oral methods with a series of primaries held at each demographic region

Question 9

Party platform

Answer 9

A political party statement of its goals and policies for the next four years

Question 10

Direct mail

Answer 10

A high tech method of raising money for political calls or candidate

Question 11

Federal election campaign act

Answer 11

A lot passed in 1974 for reforming campaign finances

Question 12

Federal election commission

Answer 12

A six-member bipartisan agency created by the federal election campaign act. The Federal election commission and ministers and enforces campaign-finance laws

Question 13

Presidential election campaign fund

Answer 13

Money from the three dollar federal income tax check off goes to this fund which is then distributed it to qualified candidates to subsidize their presidential campaigns

Question 14

Matching funds

Answer 14

Contributions of up to $250 or match for the presidential election campaign fund the candidates for the presidential nomination for qualifying agreed to meet various conditions such as limiting their overall spending

Question 15

Soft money

Answer 15

Political contributions earmarked for party building expenses of the grassroots level or for generic party advertising

Question 16

Political action committees (PAC)

Answer 16

Funding vehicles created by the 1974 campaign-finance reform’s.

Question 17

527 groups

Answer 17

Independent groups that seek to influence the political process but are not subject to contribution restrictions because they do not directly seek the election of particular candidates

Question 18

Selective perception

Answer 18

The phenomenon that people often pay most attention to things they are you agree with and interpret them according to their own predispositions

Question 19

Nomination

Answer 19

The official endorsement of a candidate for office by political party