Vocab
What is a private meeting of party leaders to choose candidates for office?
What is a caucus?
What is a vote to select a winner for a political office?
What is an election?
What allowed people to vote if their ancestors had voted before Reconstruction?
What is the Grandfather Clause?
What is a primary election where only registered party members can vote?
What is a closed primary?
What is the body of electors that formally elects the president and vice president?
What is the Electoral College?
What is an election in which any voter can participate, regardless of party affiliation?
What is an open primary?
What is the practice that requires citizens to vote or face penalties?
What is compulsory voting?
What is the organization that seeks to influence public policy?
What is an interest group?
What is an idea spread to influence public opinion for or against a cause?
What is propaganda?
What is the process of redrawing legislative boundaries to benefit the ruling party?
What is gerrymandering?
What is a test given to prove literacy before registering to vote?
What is a literacy test?
What is the term for a ballot vote in which citizens select a party's nominee?
What is a primary?
What is the right to vote in political elections?
What is suffrage?
What is a committee that raises and spends campaign money from voluntary donations?
What is a Political Action Committee (PAC)?
What is a term for the right to vote granted to women?
What is suffrage?