Anti-Party Reform
What is the practice of organizing voters at a personal/local level?
What is grassroot mobilization
What president is regarded as the first “television president”
Who is JFK
How did the New Deal expand federal government power?
What is a shift towards taking back control over the distribution of federal benefits from local and state governments; less decentralized government
What is the role of national conventions
What is to select nominees for president and vice-president
What period in the United States saw the most voter turnout?
What is the 1830s through the early twentieth century/period of traditional party organization
What incentive did political machines originally use garner support?
What is patronage/ the spoils system
[ ] Centered elections emerged during this time period
What is Candidate
What was created by the Executive Reorganization Act of 1939?
What is the executive office of the president and an increase in presidential staff and powers
What party developed the direct-mail funding campaign strategy?
What is the RNC
Name a state would be an example of traditionalistic political culture?
What are Texas, North Carolina
What was the most influential anti-party reform?
What is the creation of the merit-based system to hire government workers
What positions replaced political parties as primary coordinators of presidential campaigns?
Who are the candidates personal advisors and strategists
What Civil Right Movement events split the federal and state governments?
What is desegregation ( Brown V. Board) / Voting Rights Act 1965
Who was the RNC chairman of the late 1960s
Who is Ray Bliss
What are the differences between how the RNC and the DNC are organized?
RNC- Fixed number of seats per state, DNC- weighted by state population
What was the reform that made voting more anonymous and less influenced by the parties?
What is the Australian/Secret Ballot
What is the primary purpose of Legislative Campaign Committees?
What is to provide campaign resources to legislative candidates in close races
What party emerged in response/protest to the Civil Rights Movement?
What is the Dixiecrat party
Which reform commission democratized the state delegates selection procedures?
What is the McDouble-Fries commision
What is the McGovern-Fraser commision
What is the Mclovin-Muhammad commision
Who is the current chairperson of the RNC?
Who is Ronna Romney McDaniels