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Voters who support a political candidate merely because they see others doing so is called the _____ effect
What is The Bandwagon Effect
100
The regular pattern by which women are more likely to support Democratic candidates than men is known as
What is The Gender Gap
100
A party's official acceptance of a candidate for their party
What is A Nomination
100
Name of the program that allows primary candidates to receive money from the government to help finance their campaign
What is Matching Funds Program
100
Opportunities in a state that allow members of the state to approve or disapprove state legislation
What is Referendum
200
____ is a coherent set of values and beliefs about public policy
What is Political ideology
200
The science of population changes
What is demography
200
The first state to hold a primary election
What is New Hampshire
200
The contribution limit from PAC's to candidates
What is $5000
200
For an initiative to make it on a state ballot you need signatures from at least __% of the number of voters in your state's previous election
What is 10%
300
The minimum number of people that should be polled to account for a representative measure of public opinion
What is 1500
300
_____ describes how close a sample estimate is to the real population value
What is Sampling error
300
A political party’s statement of its goals and policies for the next four years is called a(n)
What is Party Platform
300
This stuck down the part of the Federal Election Campaign Act that restricted the amount individuals could contribute to their own campaign
What is Buckley v. Valeo
300
The two candidates that tied in electoral votes for the 1800 presidential election
What is Thomas Jefferson and Aaron Burr
400
The go to document for analyzing population trends
What is The Census
400
The beliefs of the population about politics and policy issues
What is Public Opinion
400
Organized to help make convention voting more democratic
What is McGovern-Fraser Commission
400
One event that takes place on the third day of the national convention
What is Nomination of presidential and vice presidential candidate and acceptance speech by both
400
The only state that does not require a voter to register for a presidential election
What is North Dakota
500
This process shifts the number of seats that a state has in the House of Representatives
What is Reapportionment
500
Requires employers to document the citizenship status of their employees
What is The Simpson-Mazzoli Act
500
The political party’s statement of its goals and policies for the next four years is called a(n)
What is Federal Election Commission
500
Money that is donated to parties rather than candidates
What is Soft Money
500
The law that requires every state to offer their citizens a chance to register when they apply for or renew their drivers license
What is Motor Voter Act
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