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Nominating elections in which voters choose the candidates from each party who will run for office in the general election.
What is a primary election?
100
This state hold the first presidential caucus.
What is Iowa?
100
Corrupt event in the 1970s that helped trigger a move for campaign finance reform.
What is Watergate?
100

Reports that dig deep into stories to explore corruption in government and other institutions are called

Investigative journalism

100
Year in which the demolition of the Berlin Wall began.
What is 1989?
200
Term used for a general election that occurs halfway through a president's term.
What is a midterm election?
200
Group of people that presidential candidates generally try to appeal to for the general election.
What are moderates?
200
1971 law created to try and "level the playing field"
What is FECA?
200

The tendency to seek out and interpret information in a way that confirms what one already believes is known as

What is confirmation Bias

200

pivotal battle in WWII which was also the name sake of the leader of the Soviet union

What is Stalingrad?

300

The _________primary(sometimes referred to as the media primary) influences public opinion long before the first states have voted.

What is invisible primary?

300
Term for when states try to move their caucus/primary as early as possible in the election season.
What is frontloading?
300
Money that is being raised for "party building purposes"
What is soft money?
300

Linkage institutions include _______, _______, and the _________.

What is Political Parties, Interest groups and Media?

300
Invented the thermometer in 1593
Who is Galileo?
400
Type of primary election in which only voters who are registered in the party may vote to choose the candidate.
What is a closed primary?
400
Each political party hold a 4 day ____ the summer before the general election. A candidate is officially nominated for the presidency at the time.
What is a national convention?
400
1976 Supreme Court case that first declared that spending money is considered to be a form of free speech
What is Buckley v. Valeo?
400

Media programming on cable TV or the Internet that is focused on one topic and aimed at a particular audience

What is narrowcasting

400
Disease that killed thousand of people in Glasgow in 1832
What is Cholera?
500
Type of primary when voters may vote for candidates of either party on the same ballot.
What is a blanket primary?
500

Today, most states require their pledged electors to follow the states popular vote.

What is Winner-Take all system?

500

Supreme Court case that allowed for the creation of Super-Pacs

Citizens United v. FEC

500

the focus on polling data and public perception instead of candidate policy, and almost exclusive reporting on candidate differences rather than similarities

What is Horse Race Journalism

500

The two elements that are liquid at room temperature

What is bromine and mercury?