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Unit 6 Glossary Terms Flashcards

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What is a Party Column Ballot?

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A ballot in which all candidates are listed under their party designations, making it easy for voters to cast votes for all the candidates of one party.

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What is an Office Block Ballot?

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A ballot in which all candidates are listed under the office for which they are running.

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What is a Nonpartisan Election?

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A local or judicial election in which candidates are not selected or endorsed by political parties.

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What is Soft Money?

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Money contributed for party-building purposes that does not have to be disclosed under federal law.

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What is a Split Ticket?

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Casting a ballot for candidates of different parties in an election.

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What is Patronage?

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Awarding government jobs to political supporters.

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What is a Direct Primary?

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An election in which party members select their candidates for the general election.

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What is an Open Primary?

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A primary in which any voter, regardless of party, may vote.

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What is Crossover Voting?

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A member of one party voting for a candidate of another party.

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What is Proportional Representation?

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An election system in which each party running receives the proportion of legislative seats corresponding to its proportion of the vote.

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What is Winner-Take-All?

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An election system in which the candidate with most votes wins.

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What is a Third Party/Minor Party?

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A political party that challenges the two traditional parties, rising and falling with a charismatic candidate or persisting over time.

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What is Divided Government?

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Governance divided between the parties, especially when one controls the White House and the other controls Congress.

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What is Realignment?

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A shift of voters from one party to the other.

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What is Dealignment?

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A weakening or rejection of the major parties and increase of independents.

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What is a Honeymoon in politics?

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Period of favorable presidential-press/Congress relationships.

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What is a Political Party?

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An organization that seeks political power by electing people to office so that its positions and philosophy become public policy.

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What is a Party System?

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A political system in which there are only two major parties—one in power, one in opposition.

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What is a Party Convention?

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A meeting of party delegates to pass on matters of policy and party matters, and in some cases to select party candidates for public office.

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What is a Party Platform?

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The official statement of party policy.

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What is Party Registration?

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The act of declaring party affiliation, in some states required when one registers to vote.

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What is a Caucus?

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A closed meeting of party leaders.

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What is Party Identification?

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An informal and subjective affiliation with a political party.

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What is Rank and File?

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The regular, ordinary party members.

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What does Grand Old Party (GOP) refer to?

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The Republican Party.

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What is Mass Media?

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The large, privately owned companies that dispense information through newspapers, radio, television, movies, and magazines to great segments of the general public.

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What is an Issue Ad?

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Commercial advertising on radio and TV advocating a particular position on an issue, paid for by interest groups designed to influence voters’ choices on election day.

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What is Selective Perception?

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The process whereby viewers, listeners, and readers filter information to conform to their existing prejudices.

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What is Selective Exposure?

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Screening out those messages that do not conform to personal biases.

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What is the Agenda Function of media?

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The ability of the media to determine the topics that dominate national concern.

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What is Liberal Media Bias?

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The thesis that the media generally support liberal attitudes, using as evidence the results of polls that show reporters and anchor persons to be more liberal than a cross-section of voters.

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What is a Political Consultant?

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A specialized campaign adviser, who is concerned with the candidate’s image, and use of television-newspaper reporting.

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What is C-SPAN?

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Nonprofit, cable satellite that covers public affairs and Congress.

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What is the Fairness Doctrine?

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Doctrine interpreted by the Federal Communication Commission that imposed on radio and television licensees an obligation to ensure that different viewpoints were presented about controversial issues or persons.

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What is Political Socialization?

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Process by which we develop our own political attitudes, values, and beliefs.

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