Chapter 9 And 10

Question 0

National Party Convention

Answer 0

Meets every four years to nominate party’s presidential candidate and establish party platform

Question 1

Nomination

Answer 1

The official endorsement of a candidate for office by a political party. Generally, success in the nomination game requires momentum, money, and media attention.

Question 2

Super Delegate

Answer 2

National party leaders who automatically get a delegate slot at the national party convention

Question 3

Invisible Primary

Answer 3

The period before any votes are cast when candidates compete to win early support from the elite of the party and to create a positive first impression

Question 4

Caucus

Answer 4

A open meeting where people express their presidential preference and then vote on candidates, first is in Iowa

Question 5

Presidential Primary butts

Answer 5

Nomination polls, first is in New Hampshire

Question 6

Front Loading

Answer 6

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

Question 7

Party Platform

Answer 7

A political party’s statement of its a goals and policies for the next four years. Drafted before a party convention

Question 8

Political Action Committee (PAC)

Answer 8

Groups that raise money from individuals and distributes that money to candidates it supports. Must report donations to the FEC. Limited to 5,000 per year per candidate

Question 9

Elitism

Answer 9

A theory of American democracy contending that an upper-class elite holds the power and makes policy, regardless of the governmental organization

Question 10

Iron Triangle

Answer 10

“Subgovernments” a mutually dependent, mutually advantageous relationship between bureaucratic agencies, interest groups, and congressional committees or subcommittees. Dominate some areas of domestic policy making

Question 11

Lobbying

Answer 11

Communication by someone other than a citizen acting on his or her own behalf, directed to a governmental decision maker with the hope of influencing his or her own decision

Question 12

Right-to-Work Laws

Answer 12

A state law forbidding requirements that workers must join a union to hold their jobs. Specifically permitted by the Taft Harley Act of 1947

Question 13

Federal Election Committee

Answer 13

Created by the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1974, administers and enforces campaign finance laws

Question 14

Soft Money

Answer 14

Political contributions marked for party building expenses at the grassroots level or generic party advertising. Unlimited until they were banned by the McCaing-Feingold Act

Question 15

Hard Money

Answer 15

A specific type of asset-based loan financing through which a borrower receives funds secured by the false of a parcel of real estate

Question 16

Super PACs

Answer 16

Independent expenditure-only PACs. Can accept donations of any size and can endorse candidates, contributions must be reported to FEC

Question 17

Political Efficacy

Answer 17

The belief that one’s political participation really matters, that one’s vote can actually make a difference

Question 18

Motor Voter Act

Answer 18

Requires states to permit people to register to vote when they apply for a driver’s license

Question 19

Electoral College

Answer 19

Less populated states are over represented and winner-takes-all rule concentrates campaigns on close states

Question 20

Interest Groups

Answer 20

Organization of people with shared policy goals entering tj policy process at several points to try to achieve those goals