Civics Chap 18

Question 0

Nominate

Answer 0

Name candidates to run for public office

Question 1

Political Parties

Answer 1

An organization of citizens who wish to influence and control government by getting their members elected to office

Question 2

Platform

Answer 2

A statement of the party’s official stand on major public issues

Question 3

Planks

Answer 3

Position statements on each specific issue in a party’s platform

Question 4

Canvass

Answer 4

To go door to door handing out information and asking people which candidates they support

Question 5

Precincts

Answer 5

Voting districts

Question 6

Patronage

Answer 6

The system in which party leaders perform favors for loyal supporters of the party

Question 7

Straight ticket

Answer 7

A ballot cast for all the candidates of one party

Question 8

Split ticket

Answer 8

The practice of voting for candidates of more than one party on the same ballot

Question 9

Independent voters

Answer 9

Those who do not support a particular political party

Question 10

Self nomination

Answer 10

Declaring that you are running for office

Question 11

Write in candidate

Answer 11

One who asks voters to write his or her name on the ballot

Question 12

Caucas

Answer 12

A meeting of party leaders to discuss issues or to choose candidates

Question 13

Direct primary

Answer 13

An election in which members of a political party choose candidates to run for office in the name of the party

Question 14

Closed primary

Answer 14

A primary in which he voted must be registered as a party member and may vote in that party’s primary

Question 15

Open primary

Answer 15

A primary in which voters do not need to declare a party before voting but they may vote and only one party’s primary