Political Jargon Summer 2018

Question 1

“The Hill”

Answer 1

An American political newspaper and website.

Question 2

Bipartisan

Answer 2

Involving cooperation, agreement, and compromise between two major political parties.

Question 3

Blue State

Answer 3

A US state that supports the Democratic Party.

Question 4

Bully Pulpit

Answer 4

The opportunity to speak out on any issue.

Question 5

Coattails Effect

Answer 5

Attracting votes for other candidates of the same party in an election.

Question 6

Conservative

Answer 6

Retaining to traditional values and attitudes of politics.

Question 7

Constituent

Answer 7

A voter or an elector.

Question 8

Demographics

Answer 8

Statistical data regarding population and groups within it.

Question 9

Earmark

Answer 9

A congressional directive that funds should be spent on a specific project.

Question 10

Entitlements

Answer 10

A government program that provides benefits to any individual meeting certain eligibility requirements.

Question 11

Flip-flopper

Answer 11

Someone who suddenly changes his or her opinion or policy.

Question 12

Free-Rider Problem

Answer 12

Occurs when those who benefit from resources, public goods, or services do not pay for them, which results in an under provision of those goods or services.

Question 13

Gender Gap

Answer 13

Difference in opportunities, status, attitudes, between men and women.

Question 14

Gerrymandering

Answer 14

A practice intended to establish a political advantage for a particular party or group by manipulating district boundaries.

Question 15

GOP

Answer 15

Also known as the Republican Party.

Question 16

Grassroots

Answer 16

Uses the people in a given district, region, or community as the basis for a political or economic movement.

Question 17

Gridlock

Answer 17

A traffic jam affecting a whole network of intersecting streets.

Question 18

Independent Expenditure

Answer 18

Spending by political action committees, corporations, or labor unions that is done to help a party or candidate but is done independently of them.

Question 19

Inside the Beltway

Answer 19

An American idiom used to characterize matters that are, or seem to be, important primarily to officials of the U.S. federal government

Question 20

K Street

Answer 20

A major thoroughfare in the United States capital of Washington, D.C. known as a center for numerous think tanks, lobbyists, and advocacy groups.

Question 21

Lameduck

Answer 21

An elected official whose successor has already been elected.

Question 22

Liberal

Answer 22

Favoring maximum individual liberty in political and social reform.

Question 23

Libertarian

Answer 23

A person who believes in the doctrine of free will.

Question 24

Litigation

Answer 24

The process of taking legal action.

Question 25

Lobbyist

Answer 25

A person who takes part in an organized attempt to influence legislators.