Chapter 9 Flashcards
January-June 2016
primaries
November 2016
republican and democratic national conventions
December 2016
electoral college certifies
January 2017
inaguration
Voter profile of a person most likely to vote
65% advance degree, white/african, female, married, gov/ tax payer funded job
main benefit of campaign finance laws and reforms
to provide full discloser on who gives money and how its spent
two states most attention during primaries beyond their size, why?
Iowa & New Hampshire, because they’re first
superdelegates
people awarded automatic slots as deligates to partys national convention because of the office they hold (govner, a member of a national comittee, congress, ect
art of ambiguity
canidates who are “skilled at saying much saying little”
battleground states
polls show that the election is most in doubt. Residents are most likely to see canidates’ ads. Canidates or leaders of the party are likely to campaign there. They’re important because of the winner take all nature of electrical college. Only a few states are battle ground states
political efficacy
you should vote because your political participation really matters
civic duty
you should vote in order to nsupport democratic govt/ system
2 states that can split electoral votes
Maine & Nebraska
purpose of voter registration
to reduce voter fraud and voting abuses
party platform
a statement of its goals, policies and belifs for next 4 years
