Voting booth
This term refers to the legal right to vote in political elections
What is franchise (or suffrage)?
An organized group that may nominate candidates and seeks to influence public policy by getting its members elected to office
What is a political party?
These are organizations of people with shared policy goals who enter the policy process at several points to try to achieve those goals.
What are interest groups?
Voting based on what a citizen believes is in their own best interest
What is rational choice voting?
Channels that allow individuals to communicate their preferences to policy-makers, such as parties and elections?
What is a linkage institution?
This was a fee required of voters in many Southern states that was later abolished by the 24th Amendment
What is a poll tax?
A formal set of principal goals which are supported by a political party of individual candidate
What is a party platform?
What is a single-issue group?
Voting to decide whether the party or candidate in power should be re-elected based on the recent past
What is retrospective voting?
Large groups of people who push for collective action on a specific political or social issue
What is a social movement?
This is a ballot completed and typically mailed in advance of an election by a voter who is unable to go to the polls?
What is an absentee ballot?
The practice of voting for every candidate that a political party has on a general election ballot
What is straight-ticket voting?
The act of attempting to influence the actions, policies, or decisions of government officials
What is lobbying?
What is prospective voting?
The constitutional mechanism used in the United States to choose the president and vice president
What is the Electoral College?
This refers to the number of eligible voters who actually participate in an election
What is voter turnout?
This term describes the process by which political parties identify and attract potential candidates to run for office
What is recruitment?
The theory of government and politics emphasizing that many groups compete and counterbalance one another in the political marketplace.
What is pluralist theory?
Supporting a party by voting for candidates from one political party for all offices on the ballot
What is party-line voting?
An organization that raises money privately to influence elections or legislation, especially at the federal level?
What is a political action committee (PAC)?
This is the belief that one's political participation really matters and can actually make a difference
What is political efficacy?
What is party identification?
Something of value that cannot be withheld from a non-group member, such as clean air
What is a collective good?
When a voter chooses candidates from different parties for different offices in the same election
What is split-ticket voting?
Efforts by political parties or groups to encourage people to go to the polls
What is Get out the vote? (GOTV)?