Home Sweet Home
The proper name for a voting district.
Precinct
The two dominant political parties in the U.S.
Democrats and Republicans
Campaign money raised and spent to elect Congressional and Presidential candidates is known as…
Hard Money
To attempt to tear down an opposing candidate in order to make a candidate or party look better in the media candidates typically use...
"Attack Ads"
The device by which a voter registers his or her choices in an election is called a _______________, most of which are electronic today.
Ballot
The process that enables citizens to bypass their state legislature by placing proposed statutes and, in some states, constitutional amendments on the ballot is called a/an ________________.
Initiative
The top executive leadership position in the state of Georgia.
Governor
Individual political party membership
Partisanship
A real property tax on items like automobiles, land, real estate, boats, machinery, and business inventories is known as…
Ad Valorem Tax
When a candidate is deciding on his or her platform, they may use _________ to find out which issues matter most to voters and then build the platform around those particular issues.
Polls
This sets out the process of how electoral votes will be counted and the timing for these counts.
12th Amendment
The procedure that allows citizens to remove and replace a local or state public official before the end of their term of office is called a/an _________.
Recall
The current Georgia State Constitution is the 10th revision of this document. When was this most recent version ratified?
1983
The spoiler role can change the outcome of an election by …
Pulling voters away from one party or the other.
Organizations that pools campaign contributions from members and then donates those pooled funds to campaign for or against a candidate are known as…
Political Action Committees (PAC's)
When candidates use social media in their campaigns, who are they usually targeting?
Upcoming and young voters
What was the overall political or governmental stance of the Federalists party of the late 1700’s to early 1800’s?
They to create a stronger national government and pushed for a more liberal interpretation of the Constitution.
The United States has a two-party system, which means ____________.
Two political parties dominate politics.
The reason Georgia's government is unique.
Because the counties are still the center of politics, even if the cities within the counties are large.
A group of persons who seek to control government through the winning of elections and holding public office…
Political Party
Most presidential campaigns generally cost …
Billions of dollars.
In order to announce the nomination of the Presidential and Vice-Presidential candidates every four years, each party holds a…
National Convention
Originally, the Founders created the ____________________because they felt that the common man would not know enough about the candidates, politics, or the economy, to make an informed decision.
Electoral College
For Presidential elections, the general election is held on what day?.
First Tuesday after the first Monday in November every four years.
Historically, who was the Federalist Party leader?
Alexander Hamilton
A party’s formal statement of basic principles, viewpoints on major policy issues, and objectives for the campaign and next four years is known as their..
Party Platform
What does SPLOST stand for?
Special Local Option Sales Tax
What is another name for human research surveys?
Public Opinion Polls
The Republican Party tends to take a more ______________________ stance on issues while the Democratic Party usually supports more ______________ policy issues.
Conservative; liberal
An election where the voters express a preference for their Presidential and Vice-Presidential candidates to represent their party in the general election is known as a ______________.
Primary Election
How many counties are in the state of Georgia?
159
Citizens most often cast their vote for the candidate who is a member of __________ political party.
Their own
What is the BCRA of 2002?
Bipartisan Campaign Reform Act of 2002
A federal law that amended the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971.
The act and amendment regulate the financing of political campaigns.
Media includes any type of __________________, such as the Internet, television, newspapers, and radio.
mass communication
The major mechanisms behind the development of policy that serves as the link between the people and their government…
Political Paties
What is the GOP?
The Republican “Grand Old Party”
Who is the only President that was from the state of Georgia?
Jimmy Carter
A/An _________________________ does not typically have widespread public support and is often created to focus on a single issue.
Minor Party
What are the three primary ways the media can influence and shape politics and political opinions?
The “self-announce” step in the political nomination process is best explained as…
The act of a candidate stating that he/she has officially won the election for public office.
The electors for each state meet at their state capitol on the _________ to cast their electoral votes for the President of the United States.
The Monday after the second Wednesday in December.