Fundraising part of interest groups that receive and give donations. They are regulated by federal law.
What are PAC's?
100
Where is the party’s platform and nominates the party’s presidential and vice-presidential candidate chosen?
What is National Party Convention
100
Method of fundraising when a list is generated of people who supported a specific candidate in the past is used to get contributions to political campaigns.
What is Direct Mail
100
What proposal states that the country would be divided into four regions for the caucuses and primaries?
Regional Primary
100
what is the idea that the winning candidate has a mandate from the people to carry out their platforms and politics.
What is mandate theory of Election
200
money raised in unlimited amounts by political parties for party building purposes
What is Soft Money?
200
What is the system of selecting delegates where voters attend an open meeting and express their preference for president?
What is a Caucus
200
People tend to pay attention to things that they already agree with
What is Selective Perception
200
swing states where no candidate has overwhelming support
What is battleground states
200
what do voters tend to be influenced by more than their position on vital issues?
What is Candidates personalities
300
Limited contributions given to parties,candidates, or interest groups that are fully disclosed
What is Hard Money
300
national party leaders that get a delegate slot at the national party convention
What are Superdelegates
300
The majority of money in campaigning goes to this media outlet
What is Television
300
promoting a position or issue paid for by interest groups
What is issue advocacy
300
Election system that a candidate with the most votes wins all the delegates
What is winner takes all
400
Banned soft money party donations
What is Bipartisan Campaign Reform Act
400
What is an election held to select the delegates at the polls for party candidate
What are primaries
400
The legal right to vote in the United States at age 18
What is Suffrage
400
public funding supplied to campaign funds that match donations made by individuals
What is federal matching funds
400
form of elections which voters look back at the performance of a party and vote based off of how well this party previously performed in office
What is retrospective voting
500
Enforces campaign finance law
What is Federal Election Commitee
500
What is a political party’s statement of its goals and policies drafted prior to the party convention?
What is a party platform
500
Every member is expected to vote
What is civic duty
500
electors chosen from each state to elect the president and vice president of the U.S
What is electoral college
500
electoral choices are made on the basis of what policy issues the candidate and voters believe in