Chapter11.APGov.JuanitaEspinoza Flashcards
Political Party
An organized group that may include office holders, candidates, activists, and voters who pursue their common interests by gaining and excersising power through the electoral process
Thomas Jefferson
Principle drafter of the DOI; second VP and third president from 18011 to 1809. Cofounder of the democratic republican party
Political Machine
A party Organization that recruits voter loyalty with tangible incentives and is characterized by a high degree of control over member actvity
Candidate centered politics
Politics that focus n the candidates, their political issues and character rather than party affiliation
Party Realignment
Dramatic Shifts in Partisan preferences that drastically after the political landscape
Critical Election
An election that signals . party realignment through voter polarization around new issues and personalities
Secular Realignment
The gradual rearrangment f a party coalitions, based more on demographic shifts than on shocks to the political system
national convention
A party meeting in the presidential election year for the purposes of nominating a presidential ticket and adopting a platform
Delegate
Role played by representative who vtes the way his or her consituents would want, regardless of personal opinions
Superdelagate
Delegate to the Democratic Party’s national convention that is reserved fora party official and who’s vote at the convention is unpledged to a candidate
Donald J Trump
The 45th president, a republican elected 2016; first president elected without prior political or military experience; experienced buisnessman
National Party Platform
A statement of the general and specific philosophy and policy gals of a political party, promulgated at the national convention
Barack Obama
First African American president, democrat, 44th president 2009-2017. Illinois Senator 2005-2008; member of Illinois senate 1997-2004
Party Identification
A CITIZENS attachment to a political Party based on issues, past experience or upbringing which tends to be a reliable indicator of likely voting choices
Hillary Clinton
First female major party candidate fr president off the Us, democratic, ran against Donald Trump 2016; secretary of stat2009-2013; senator NY 2001-2009 former first lady