Chapter 9 Flashcards
About how many elected officials are there?
Half a Million
Which campaign is for the worlds most powerful office?
Presidency
What is believed to be the cure for problems with democracy?
More democracy
What is the mater plan candidates lay out to guide their electoral campaign to achieve party’s nomination
Campaigning strategy
What is a party’s official endorsement of a candidate for office
A nomination
Success in the nomination game requires what?
Money, media attention, and momentum
What are the supreme power within each of the parties?
National Party Convention
How often do National Party Convention meet to nominate presidential and Vice presidential candidates and write the party’s platform?
Every 4 years
What is the goal of the nomination game?
To win the support of the majority delegates at the national party convention.
What was the commission formed at the 1968 Democratic Convention in response to demands for reform by minority’s groups who sought better representation?
McGovern-Fraser Commision
What are national party leaders who automatically get a delegate slot at the National Party Convention
Superdelegates
Mehta are elections in which state voters go to polls to express their preference and vote
Presidential Primaries
What are states holding primaries early in the calendar to capitalize on media attention
Freeloading
Does money play to big role in the caucuses and primaries
Yes
Does our system give to much power to the media
Yes
What is the idea of holding primaries to select party nominees?
National Primaries
Primaries would be held in seperate regions, groups of states would be a region, oppose form our one national primary
Regional primary
In 1974 congress passed what act to tighten reporting requirements for contributions and to limit overall expenditures?
Federal Election Campaign Act
This act also created what commission?
Federal Election Commission
What is the six member bipartisan agency to administer and enforce campaign finance laws?
Federal Election Commission
Can contribute up to 250$ per candidate
250$
What are funding vehicles created by the 1974 campaign finance reform?
Political Action Committees
Who banned soft money and increased individual contribution from $1000 to $2000
McCain- Feingold act of 2002
Who demonstrated that incumbents do worse when they spend more money, unless they pace tough challengers
Gary Jacobson
About how many people voted in the presidential election in 2008
125 million
What are groups believing that ones political participation makes a difference?
Political Efficacy
People with ________ than avergage education level have ________ voting rates
Higher,higher
When voting racial minorities are usually?
Underrepresented
Do women and male have higher voting rates
Women
What is the idea that the winning candidates has a mandate from the people to carry out the policies he/she promised during the campaign?
Mandate theory of elections
What vote ultimately determines the outcome of the presidential election?
Electoral College
