American Political Ideology
What is the process by which individuals learn their political beliefs, often influenced by family, education, and media?
Political Socialization
What is an organization formed to influence government policy on specific issues?
Special Interest Groups
What is the process by which political parties select their candidates for public office?
Nomination
24th Amendment
Who are the Republican Presidential and Vice-Presidential Candidates?
Donald Trump and JD Vance
What is the system used to classify political positions along a left-right continuum?
Political Spectrum
What is the name for individuals hired by special interest groups to influence lawmakers?
Lobbyists
What is the election in which voters choose from the candidates nominated by political parties?
General Election
What constitutional amendment lowered the voting age to 18?
26th Amendment
What are the Democratic Presidential and Vice-Presidential Candidates?
What is the set of goals and policies that a political party promotes during an election?
Political Platform
What are lobbying, grassroots campaigns, and electioneering?
Strategies used by SIGs
What is the preliminary election where party members or voters select candidates to run in the general election?
What constitutional amendment prohibits voting restrictions based on race?
15th Amendment
Where does the first caucus in the U.S. presidential nomination process take place?
Iowa
What is an organized group that seeks to achieve political power by electing its members to office?
Political Party
What are providing expert information to lawmakers and representing the interests of minority groups?
SIGs are beneficial
What is a local meeting of party members to choose candidates for an election?
Caucus
What constitutional amendment gave women the right to vote?
19th Amendment
When is Election Day in the United States?
November 5th
What is the political ideology that promotes individual freedom and minimal government interference?
Libertarian
Why are the promotion of unequal influence and the potential to create policies that benefits only the rich
What is the event where political parties formally nominate their presidential candidate?
National Convention
What is the system by which the president of the United States is elected, where the winner of the popular vote in each state generally takes all that state's electoral votes?
Electoral College
What are the two states that allocate electoral votes proportionally instead of using a winner-takes-all system?