Unit 2 Vocabulary

Question 1

Professional or firm who sell to a candidate the technologies, services, and strategies required to get that candidate elected.

Answer 1

Campaign Consultant

Question 2

A paid professional who travels with the candidate and coordinates the many different aspects of the campaign.

Answer 2

Campaign Manager

Question 3

Type of primary election in which voters must register with a political party when registering to vote and voters CANNOT change the party affiliation on primary election day.

Answer 3

Closed Primary

Question 4

When members of one political party vote in the other party’s primary election to influence the selection of the nominee.

Answer 4

Crossover Voting

Question 5

The practice of voting before Election Day at traditional voting locations.

Answer 5

Early Voting

Question 6

Any candidate NOT affiliated with a political party, which must submit a petition to get on the general election ballot.

Answer 6

Independent

Question 7

Professional who produces political candidates’ television, radio, and print advertisements.

Answer 7

Media Consultant

Question 8

Type of primary election in which the voter is given a ballot with all the candidates from all the political parties and, if a candidate receives a majority of the votes, then that candidate is elected to that office, however, if no candidate receives a majority of the votes, then a run-off election between the two candidates with most votes will occur, regardless of the candidates’ party affiliation.

Answer 8

Nonpartisan Primary

Question 9

Type of primary election in which voters do NOT register with a political party when registering to vote, therefore may vote in any political party’s primary and, once voted, CAN participate in another political party’s function.

Answer 9

Open Primary

Question 10

Established ways of behavior.

Answer 10

Order

Question 11

Type of electoral system in which, to win the election, a candidate needs only receive the most votes in the election, not necessarily a majority of the votes.

Answer 11

Plurality Vote

Question 12

A private group that raises and disburses funds for use in electoral campaigns.

Answer 12

Political Action Committee (PAC)

Question 13

An organization that attempts to influence the government and its policies by having its members elected to important government offices.

Answer 13

Political Party

Question 14

A tax paid by Texans as a prerequisite to register to vote; abolished by the Twentieth-Fourth Amendment to the United States Constitution.

Answer 14

Poll Tax

Question 15

Voting based on the imagined future performance of a candidate or political party.

Answer 15

Prospective Voting

Question 16

Voting based on the past performance of a candidate or political party.

Answer 16

Retrospective Voting

Question 17

Type of primary election in which a candidate must receive a majority of the votes to become the political party’s nominee, however, if no candidate receives a majority of the votes, then a run-off election between the two candidates with the most votes will occur.

Answer 17

Run-Off Primary

Question 18

Type of primary election in which voters must register with a political party when registering to vote and voters CAN change party affiliation on primary election day.

Answer 18

Semi-Closed Primary

Question 19

Type of primary election in which voters do NOT register with a political party when registering to vote therefore may vote any political party’s primary, however, once voted CANNOT participate in another political party’s function.

Answer 19

Semi-Open Primary

Question 20

Equality in wealth, education, and status.

Answer 20

Social Equality

Question 21

A person’s income level, educational attainment, and occupational prestige; low socioeconomic status tends to attribute to low voter turnout.

Answer 21

Socioeconomic Status

Question 22

A candidate who is defeated in the primary election may NOT become a candidate of another political party.

Answer 22

Sore Loser Law

Question 23

The right to vote.

Answer 23

Suffrage

Question 24

Percentage of the eligible voters who vote in a given election.

Answer 24

Voter Turnout

Question 25

The electoral system used in Texas in which African-Americans were forbidden from voting in the primary election.

Answer 25

White Primary