A meeting in which the local members of a political party meet to select delegates they would like to see in office, usually by raising hands or moving to stand on one side of a room.
What is a Caucus?
100
A type of organization that takes campaign contributions from members and donates those funds to either candidates or legislation.
What is a PAC?
100
Contributions to political parties that are not accounted as going towards specific candidates, avoiding several legal limitations.
What is Soft Money?
100
The right to vote in political elections.
What is Suffrage?
100
Actions and responsibilities expected of every individual member of a society.
What is Civic Duty?
200
A primary election that's voting is limited to only registered party members.
What is a Closed Primary?
200
An independent agency founded in 1975 by Congress to regulate campaign finance legislation.
What is the FEC?
200
Political donations that are regulated through the FEC.
What is Hard Money?
200
A body consisting of 538 electors who represent the states and Washington D.C. to formally cast votes in the presidential election.
What is the Electoral College?
200
An unpledged delegate to the Democratic Party who is seated automatically and gets to choose who they vote for by themself.
What is a Superdelegate?
300
A primary election where voters can choose what party they will vote for as they enter the polling place.
What is an Open Primary?
300
An act enacted by Congress in 1993 in an effort to make voting easier for Americans as well as keeping their voting registration.
What is the Motor Voter Act?
300
A checkoff that appears on income tax return forms asking if you would like to donate some of your incomes to presidential election campaign funds.
What is the Presidential Election Campaign Fund Checkoff?
300
The elector system in which the winner of the majority of votes from a certain state, then wins all the votes from the state.
What is the Winner-take-all system?
300
A citizen's trust in the government as well as believing that they have an influence over politics.
What is Political Efficacy?
400
The state that always holds the first caucus.
What is Iowa?
400
A federal law enacted in 2002 that amended the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 to regulate the financing of political campaigns.
What is the Bipartisan Campaign Reform Act?
400
The money given to a presidential candidate to match the money they have raised individually, given to them by the federal government.
What is a Federal Matching Fund?
400
Enrollment allowing an individual to participate and vote in elections that is required in many democracies.
What is Voter Registration?
400
The process in which individuals perceive and take only what they want to from media messages and ignore the opposing viewpoint that they do not agree with.
What is Selective Perception?
500
The state that traditionally holds the first primary.
What is New Hampshire?
500
The primary US federal law that regulates the spending and fundraising of political campaigns.
What is the FECA?
500
Unsolicited advertising that is sent through the mail to prospective customers.
What is Direct Mail?
500
The type of voting when a voter bases their choice off of prior experience, for instance voting for the party of power if they are currently doing well in office.
What is Retrospective Voting?
500
Swing states that can are commonly won by both the Democratic and Republican party, and have a fair chance at being won by both.