Caucuses are the meeting of political party members that register their nominee preference or vote on delegates.
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What is Television Advertising?
When politicians have advertising for or against them
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Why do Candidates’ Personalities matter?
It sets up public opinion on the candidate and show if they have any real chance of winning
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What does FEC stand for and what is its purpose?
Federal Election Committee and its purposes are to regulate and make laws for the financing of elections.
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What does having Suffrage mean?
Having the right to vote in a Election
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What is a Regional/Rotational Primary?
It is a system to reform the primary system in which the country is divided into 4 sections each voting a different mode
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What is the importance of Public Appearances
It is to rally people by showing the candidates character.
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What are Battleground States?
Battleground States are the states in which there is no political leaning and usually have a close contests for who they give their votes.
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What was the primary purpose of the FECA?
Its primary purpose was to increase the contribution information disclosed to the public.
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What do superdelegates do?
An unelected member of the party who can vote for any candidate for the presidential primary
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What is a national primary?
A national primary is system that would conduct every primary at the same time
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What is Direct Mail?
It is mailing from an interest group focused at a specialized audience.
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What is the Electoral College and how many votes do you need to win the white house?
It is the system used in place of the popular vote in which each state is given votes based on the number of representatives plus the senators.You need 270/538
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What is Hard Money?
Funds that are publicly disclosed and have limits on how much is given.
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What is voter registration?
A system to reduce the reduce voter fraud.this is done by giving the proper documentation.
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What does Winner-Take-All mean?
It means that when you win the majority of state you win all the votes from that state
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What is the purpose of Media Events
It is a highly publicised event to get publicity
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What is Campaign Strategy?
It is the pathway to winning the presidency based understanding of who will vote for the candidate and why they will do so.
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What is soft Money?What is its use?
Unlimited Money that can be funded for party building.
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What does the Motor Voter Act do?
Make voter registration easier by being able to register when they get their licence.
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What does PAC stand for and what do they do
Political Action Committees. They pool campaign contributions and donate those funds to campaign for or against candidates or legislation.
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What happens at a National Convention
The official Candidate is chosen for the presidency
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Why is Issue Advocacy important?
It advertises broad political issues rather than specific candidates.
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What does the Federal Matching Fund do?
It makes it so that donations are matched by the government to a maximum of $250.
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What does Retrospective Voting mean?
Voting made after taking into consideration factors like the performance of a candidate.Voting someone on merit or experience.