Vocabulary
State voters go to polls to express preference for a party’s nominee for president.
What is the presidential primary?
What is soft money?
A 1993 Act that requires states to permit people to register to vote when they apply for their drivers licens.
What is the Motor Voter Act?
The gender that is most likely to vote.
What is male?
National party leaders who automatically get a delegate slot at the Democratic Party National convention.
Who are Superdelegates?
The period of time before any votes are cast when candidates compete to win early support from the elite of the party and create a positive first impression.
What is invisible primary?
Donations made directly to a candidate or party and must be reported to the Federal Elections Commission.
What are campaign contributions?
Passed in 1974 it reformed campaign finances. It created the Federal Election Commission and provided for limits on and disclosure of campaign contributions.
What is the Federal Election Campaign Act?
The age range that is most likely to vote.
What is 45 and older?
The belief that in order to support democratic government a citizen should vote.
What is civic duty?
This is the supreme power within each party. It meets every 4 years to nominate the candidate and write the party platform.
What is the national party convention?
Expenses in behalf of a political message that are made by groups that are uncoordinated with any candidates campaign.
What is independent expenditures?
A 6-member bipartisan agency that administers and enforces finance laws.
What is the Federal Election Commission?
The race that is most likely to vote.
What is white?
The belief that ones political participation really matters and that ones vote can actually make a difference.
What is political efficacy?
A system for selection convention delegates used in a dozen states. Voters must attend the meeting to express presidential preference.
What is a caucus?
(1) Groups that raise money for candidates they support and must register with the Federal Elections Commission and (2) Groups also known as independent expenditure only groups that can accept donations of any size and can endorse candidate.
What are (1) Political Action Committees (PACs) and (2) Super PACs?
Formed at the 1968 Democratic Convention in response to demands for reform by minority groups and others who sought better representation.
What is the McGovern-Fraser Commissio?
The education level (with race) that is most likely to vote.
What is white with no college degree?
Phenomenon that people’s beliefs often guide what they pay the most attention to and how they interpret events.
What is selective perception?
Key states that ten presidential campaigns focus on because they are most likely to decide the outcome of the Electoral College Vote.
What are battleground states?
(1) Independent political groups that are not subject to contribution restrictions and (2) Groups that are exempt from reporting contributions and can receive unlimited contributions.
What is (1) 527 Groups and (2) 501(c) Groups?
A 2010 Supreme Court Case that ruled that individuals, corporations, and unions could donate unlimited amounts of money to groups that make independent political expenditures.
What is Citizens United v Federal Election Commission?
The religion that is most likely to vote.
What is Protestan?
An idea that a winning candidate has a mandate from the people to carry out his/her platforms and politics.
What is the mandate theory of elections?