Unit 3 Vocab Flashcards
Two-Party System
A party where only two paries can participate in the election
Democratic Party
A political party that support things like LGBT rights, and they have less strict immigration laws, and worker rights
Republican
a party that believes in limited government, free markets, free trade, tax cuts.
Nominate
Nomination is part of the process of selecting a candidate for either election to a public office, or the bestowing of an honor or award.
Campaign
A political campaign is an organized effort which seeks to influence the decision making progress within a specific group. In democracies, political campaigns often refer to electoral campaigns, by which representatives are chosen or referendums are decided
Political party
A political party is an organization that coordinates candidates to compete in a particular country’s elections. It is common for the members of a party to hold similar ideas about politics, and parties may promote specific ideological or policy goals.
Ideology
a set of beliefs, especially the political beliefs on which people, parties, or countries base their actions
Third partys
Third party is a term used in the United States for political parties other than the two major parties. Third parties are most often encountered in presidential nominations. No third-party candidate has won the presidency since the Republican Party became a major party in the mid-19th century
Political Platform
A political party platform, party program, or party manifesto is a formal set of principal goals which are supported by a political party or individual candidate, in order to appeal to the general public, for the ultimate purpose of garnering the general public’s support and votes about complicated topics or issues
Election
A election is a fight between two people, people vote for either candidate to make them win.
Political spectrum
the range of a persons views on government.
Public Policy
a system of laws, regulatory measures, courses of action, and funding priorities concerning a given topic promulgated by a governmental entity or its representatives.
Conservative
a belief in limited government, individualism, traditionalism, republicanism, and limited federal governmental power in relation to U.S. states.
Liberal
a person who believes that government should be active in supporting social and political change.”
Moderate
The party generally supports tax cuts, the free market, civil liberties and economic liberalism.
Media
Broadcast media.
Film.
Video games.
Audio recording and reproduction.
Internet media.
Print media.
Editorial
newspaper or magazine article that gives the opinions of the editors or publishers
Op-Ed
denoting or printed on the page opposite the editorial page in a newspaper, devoted to commentary, feature articles
Bias
a tendency to believe that some people, ideas, etc., are better than others that usually results in treating some people unfairly.
PAC
political action committee
Super PAC
political-action committee that is allowed to raise and spend unlimited amounts of money from corporations, unions, individuals and associations.
Citizen United v Federal Election Commission
ruled invalidating restrictions on independent campaign spending by any organization
15th Amendment
guaranteed that the right to vote could not be denied based on “race, color, or previous condition of servitude.”
19th Amendment
granted women the right to vote.
24th Amendment
Amendment Twenty-four to the Constitution was ratified on January 23, 1964. It abolished and forbids the federal and state governments from imposing taxes on voters during federal elections.
26th Amendment
reduced the mandatory voting age to 18 years. right of US citizens. who are 18 yrs of age or older,
Voting Rights Act of 1965
outlawed the discriminatory voting practices adopted in many southern states after the Civil War, including literacy tests as a prerequisite to voting
Qualifications to register to vote
You need to be 18, and have good education and money.
Electoral College
An electoral college is a set of electors who are selected to elect a candidate to particular offices.
Electors based on…
their votes and voters
Winner-take-all system
a term used to describe single member district and at large election systems that award seats to the highest vote getters
23rd amendment
Allows for residents of Washington D.C. to vote in the elections for President and Vice President.
