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AP U.S. Government & Politics
Chapter 10
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History
10th Grade
11/12/2007

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What does it mean to get nominated?
Definition
Getting your name on the ballot.
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What are the 2 crucial phases in an election?
Definition
Getting nominated and getting elected.
Term
Getting nominated is a(n) ______ effort.
Definition
Individual.
Term
What must steps must you take in order to be considered for your party's nomination?
Definition
Decide to run, raise money, collect signatures, and appeal to voters.
Term
Must those running in European nations follow the same steps?
Definition
No, their party does the work.
Term
Do voters in Great Britain vote for a candidate or a party?
Definition
Both are listed but they tend to vote party.
Term
The person already holding office.
Definition
Incumbent.
Term
The alleged tendency of candidates to win more votes in an election because of the presence at the top of the ticket of a better known candidate. (ex. the president)
Definition
Coattails.
Term
A committee set up by a corp., labor union, or interest group that raises and spends campaign money from voluntary donations.
Definition
Political action committee.
Term
What is the most obvious way in which presidential and congressional races differ?
Definition
Size.
Term
Who is "The Great Mentioner"?
Definition
Unknown.
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Federal law restricts the amount that an individual can give a candidate. That amount is $_______.
Definition
$2,000.
Term
To run for office requires a staff, which includes?
Definition
Fund-raisers, lawyers, accountants, press-secretary, travel scheduler, advertising specialist, direct-mail company, pollster, volunteers.
Term
Drawing the boundaries of legislative districts so that they are unequal in population.
Definition
Malapportionment.
Term
Drawing the boundaries of legislative districts in bizarre or unusual shapes to favor one party.
Definition
Gerrymandering.
Term
An increase in the votes congressional candidates usually get when they first run for reelection.
Definition
Sophomore surge.
Term
An issue about which the public is united and rival candidates or political parties adopt similar positions in hopes that each will be thought to best represent those widely shared beliefs.
Definition
Valence issue.
Term
An issue about which the public is divided and rival candidates or political parties adopt different policy positions.
Definition
Position issues.
Term
An election held to choose which candidate will hold office.
Definition
General election.
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An election held to choose candidates for office.
Definition
Primary election.
Term
A primary election in which voting is limited to already registered party members.
Definition
Closed primary.
Term
A primary election in which voters may choose in which party to vote as they enter the polling place.
Definition
Open primary.
Term
A primary election in which each voter may vote for candidates from both parties.
Definition
Blanket primary.
Term
A second primary election held when no candidate wins a majority of the votes in the first primary.
Definition
Runoff primary.
Term
Spending by political action committees, corps, or labor unions that is done to help a party or candidate but is done independently of them.
Definition
Independent expenditures.
Term
Funds obtained by political parties that are spent on party activities, such as get-out-there-vote drives, but not on behalf of a specific candidate.
Definition
Soft money.
Term
Organizations that, under section _____ of the Internal Revenue Code, raise and spend money to advance political causes are called 527 Organizations.
Definition
527.
Term
Voting for a candidate because you favor his or her ideas for handling issues.
Definition
Prospective voting.
Term
Voting for a candidate because you like his or her past actions in office.
Definition
Retrospective voting.
Term
No corp. may give money from its own treasury to any national political party.
Definition
True.
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