Most serious candidates for a major office these days have their own official ____ ____. These provide an effective way to make their policy positions available to for anyone interested.
What is web site
100
Limits individual contributions to $_______
What is $2500
100
Almost all politicians presume tat a good campaign is the key to _____
What is victory
100
A political party's statement of its goals and policies for the next four years.
What is party platform
200
Individuals must campaign in all 50 states leading up to the party convention which occurs from ____ to June of election year.
What is January
200
A high tech method of raising money for a political cause or candidate. It involves sending information and requests for money to people whose names appear on lists of those who have supported similar views or candidates in the past.
What is direct mail
200
____ groups are independent groups that seek to influence the political process but are not subject to contribution restrictions.
What is 527
200
campaigns cost a lot of money and take up a lot of ______
What is time
200
_____ primaries are a proposal by critics of the caucuses and presidential primaries to replace these electoral methods with a series of primaries held in each geographic area.
What is regional
300
Each state selects _____ to attend the National Party Convention
What is delegates
300
Candidates must use the _____ and computer technology just to stay competitive.
What is media
300
______ _______ is political contributions earmarked for party building expenses at the grassroots level or for generic party advertising.
What is soft money
300
In tight races a good _____ can make the difference between winning and loosing.
What is campaign
300
_____ primaries.A proposal by critics of the caucuses ad presidential primaries which would replace these electoral methods and is held early in the election year.
What is national
400
a meeting of state party leaders and works like a pyramid
What is caucus
400
Candidates should get a ___ _____ . They can keep candidates from getting bogged down in organizational details.
What is campaign manager
400
What do PAC's stand for
What is political action committees
400
Campaigns mostly r______ and activate; rarely do they convert.
What is reinforce
400
The recent tendency of states to hold primaries early in the calendar in order to capitalize on media attention.
What is frontloading
500
politicians who are awarded seats at the convention based upon their position.
What is Superdelegates
500
Hire a _____. Dozens of professional polling firms conduct opinion research to tell candidates how the voters view them and what is on the voters' minds.
What is pollster.
500
What does FEC stand for
What is Federal Election Commission
500
The phenomenon that people often pay most attention to things they already agree with and interpret them according to the own predispositions.
What is selective perception
500
a commission formed at the 1968 Democratic convention in response to demands for reform by minority groups and others who sought better representation.