Chapter 9: Campaigns and Voting Behavior

Question 1

Nomination

Answer 1

A political party endorsing a candidate for an office, usually in the race it required a lot of momentum, money, and media to win.

Question 2

Campaign Strategy

Answer 2

The plan a candidate has to guide their electoral campaign.

Question 3

National Party Convention

Answer 3

Held every 4 years to nominate a candidate for the presidential office and to write the party’s platform. Supreme power within parties.

Question 4

McGovern-Frazer Commission

Answer 4

A commission formed to reform the elite-dominated delegation selection system, to make it more accessible and heard by minorites and other groups.

Question 5

Superdelegates

Answer 5

National party leaders who are automatically awarded delegates because of the offices they hold. Can affect the outcome of a election.

Question 6

Invisible Primary

Answer 6

Period before votes are cast, candidates compete to win early support from elites and the public.

Question 7

Caucus

Answer 7

A convention where delegates attend an open meeting to express who they prefer, usually done in a dozen states.

Question 8

Presidential primaries

Answer 8

Elections in the states where voters pick who they want the president to be

Question 9

Frontloading

Answer 9

States hold primaries early in the calendar to gain more media attention

Question 10

Party Platform

Answer 10

A party’s goals and policies for the next 4 years

Question 11

Direct Mail

Answer 11

A method of raising money, for a political cause or candidate. A request is sent to people who have supported similar views to candidates in the past.

Question 12

Campaign Contributions

Answer 12

Donations made to a candidate or party reported by FEC.

Question 13

Independent Expenditures

Answer 13

Expenses on behalf of a group that sends a message uncoordinated by with the individuals

Question 14

Federal Election Campaign Act

Answer 14

Remormed campaign spending made limits on spending and who can contribute.

Question 15

Political Action Committees

Answer 15

distribute money to candidates by collecting it from individuals.

Question 16

Federal Election Commission

Answer 16

Manages how money is used and contributed in campaigns, enforces laws on the use.

Question 17

Soft Money

Answer 17

Usually money given from corporations that is not restricted by FEC limits.

Question 18

527 Group

Answer 18

Independent political groups not restricted to FEC contribution limits.

Question 19

Super Pacs

Answer 19

They accept donations of any size and can endorse candidates.

Question 20

Selective Perception

Answer 20

People’s beliefs often guide what they pay the most attention to and how they interpret events.

Question 21

Political Efficacy

Answer 21

A belief that political participation matters, and that one’s vote matters and makes a difference.

Question 22

Motor Voter ACt

Answer 22

It required people to vote when they register for a driver’s license.

Question 23

Policy Voting

Answer 23

Choices that are made on what the vote prefers and where candidates stand on the issues.

Question 24

Battleground States

Answer 24

Key states that campaigns focus on because they are huge players in the outcome.