Vocab
Need to know
Requirements
Misc
Democracy
100
A meeting of party members designed to select candidates and propose policies.
What is Caucus
100
Sensationalism and irresponsible journalism
What is yellow journalism
100
The candidate must be at least the age of ____ to bellowed to run for office
What is 35
100
total number of electoral votes
What is 538
100
the institution designated in the Constitution whereby a body of electors selects the president and vice presiden
What is electoral college
200
A voter is limited to choosing candidates of the party s/he is a member of.
What is closed primary
200
Any registered voter can vote (but must vote for candidates of only one part)
What is open primary
200
The candidate must be a _______ ____ ______ of the U.S
What is Natural Born Citizen
200
Become involved in politics to further their own careers (usually lawyers or businessmen who are self motivated)
What is self starters
200
If no one gets a majority in the electoral college this group elects the president
What is House of Representatives
300
Primary election of delegates to a political party's national convention, held to determine a party's presidential nominee
What is Presidential Primary
300
nonregulated contributions spent on advertising or other campaign activities, so long as they are not coordinated with the candidate
What is Super PAC (Independent Expenditures)
300
The candidate must have lived in the U.S for the previous __ _____
What is 14 years
300
Must not be a resident of the same state of the presidential candidate.
What is vice president
300
An election held to choose which candidate will hold office
What is general election
400
Political contributions and campaign spending recorded under the regulations set forth in law and by the federal election commission.
What is Hard money
400
a committee set up to raise and give campaign donations (created by a corporation, labor union, or special interest group)
What is PAC Political action committee
400
The required amount of electoral votes needed to win the presidential election
What is 270
400
A tax-exempt group organized under section ___ of the Internal Revenue Code to raise money for political activities including voter mobilization
What is 527 groups
400
Political parties nominate candidates for an upcoming general election.
What is Primary election
500
An Act Passed in "1939" that restricted the political activities of Gov employees. ( Limited spending)
What is Hatch Act
500
This case struck down limits on campaign spending, limited size of individual contributions to campaigns.
What is Buckley v Valeo
500
Procedure for electing the president and vice president is stated in the __________
What is 12th amendment
500
These two states do not use the winner take all system for allotting electoral votes
What is Maine and Nebraska
500
occurs when people base their votes on how close a candidate's policy positions are to their own policy preferences
What is policy voting
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