Unit 4 Test Flashcards
What is an individual part of a partys platform
Plank
What party rarely wins major elections and have never won a presidential election
Third parties
The United States has what type of system
Two party
Who represents their state at their party’s national convention
Delegates
What is made up of several adjoining precincts
Ward
Local party leaders tried to build support for the party at what levels
Grassroots
Neighborhood
In _______ primaries only declard members of a party are allowed to vote for that party’s nominees
Closed
Most states award the parties nomination to the candidate who receives a _______ of votes
Plurality
What type of primary is held if no candidate gains a required majority
Runoff
Representatives from every state make up a political parties what committee
National
What type of party is an Association of voters with broad common interests who want to elect candidates that share those interests
Third
A platform is a series of statements expressing a parties what
Principles
Beliefs
Positions
What party opposes the power of corporations and Favors decision making at the grassroots level
Green
Each party chooses its convention delegates by primary elections and
Caucuses
Voters in a _____ cast their ballots at the same voting place
Precinct
Tammany hall is a
Political machine
What primary is an election where voters choose candidates to represent each party in the general election
Direct
In what primaries do voters need not declare their party preference to vote for their party’s nominees
Open
Independent candidates can get on most states ballots by
Petition
What is a third party formed only to promote social economic or moral issue
Single issue party
Precinct
Voting district
Split ticket
Voting for candidates from both parties
People who cannot go to the polls can request a what ballot in advance
Absentee
What type of polling allows specialist to predict the winners before all votes are officially counted
Exit
What are some reasons for low voter turnouts
Apathy
Lack of interest
What is initiative
A way citizens can propose new laws or state constitution amendments
What provides a way for citizens to approve or reject state or local laws
Referendum
Propaganda
Attempt to promote a particular person or idea
Special interest groups help fund a candidates campaign by forming
Political action committees
Political advertisements enable what
A candidate to attack an opponent without offering a chance to respond
Where is voting carried out
Polling place
What are the two parts to an election
Primary races
General election
If you vote for all the candidates in one political party you are voting a what ticket
Straight
When polls close election workers took the mallets and the what to the election board
Returns
What are people called who are eligible to vote
Electorate
If neither presidential candidate wins a majority of electoral votes who elects the president
House of Representatives
If enough people sign a petition for it a what is that on the ballot at the next general election
Proposition
Citizens can vote to remove a public official from office in a what
Recall
Donations given to political parties and not designated for particular candidates campaign are called
Soft money
Political action committees give most of their money to
Incumbents
Television radio newspapers magazines recordings movies and books are called
Mass media
What term refers to the strength of opinion on an issue
Intensity
Who conducts polls regularly
Pollsters
A well constructed poll question should be
Manipulated
Elected officials sometimes what information to the press to test public reaction to an idea or policy
Leak
The mass media plays an important what role by exposing government misconduct
Watchdog
What types of groups support causes that affect the lives of Americans in general
Public interest
Who provides lawmakers with information
Lobbyists
What type of propaganda is made to make people think a candidate is just like them
Plain folks
What technique is an attempt to turn people against a candidate or idea by using an Unpleasant label or description
Name calling
What includes the ideas and attitudes that most people hold about the government and political issues
Public opinion
People who share the same point of you about an issue sometimes form what to promote their beliefs
Interest groups
A public opinion poll is a survey of what
Representative sample of the population
Radio television and the Internet are considered what type of media
Electronic
What influences public opinion
Personal background
Mass media
Interest groups
Prior restraint
Government censorship of material before it’s published
Interest groups are
Biased
What is the goal of interest groups
To influence public opinion
