Vocab/Unknown unit placements Flashcards
Bipartisan
Two/both parties together
Who made the progressive party?
Theodore Roosevelt
The growing practice of using computer models to identify voters who might actually support a candidate
Micro-targeting
What does pandering mean?
Saying what people want to hear
What does PAC mean?
Political Action Committee
What is a PAC?
Usually represents an interest group or corporation that raises money (limited & can coordinate with a candidate/party)
what does it mean if a president only served 1 term?
The president wasn’t very popular
What is a Super PAC?
Basically a PAC but can raise unlimited money and can’t coordinate with a party/candidate
A vote for candidates of different political parties on the same ballot, instead of for candidates of only one party
Split ticket voting
A ballot on which all votes have been cast for candidates of the same party
Straight ticket voting
What is the Bureaucracy?
People who work for the executive branch
What is lobbying?
Convincing a government official to shine light/focus on/recognize the importance of/an issue that is important to an interest group
Gubernatorial elections
Governor’s elections
Who do interest groups hire?
Lobbyists
who controls elections and where to vote
The state government
