Vocab
A group of people joined together on the basis of common principles, who seek to control government and public policy.
What is a political party?
These are the two main political parties in the United States
What are the Republican and Democratic Parties?
The major parties in the US are ________________________________ oriented.
What is election oriented?
What is the first Tuesday after the first Monday in November
People that are eligible to vote in any given election
What is the electorate?
Type of election that chooses the candidate that will represent one political party. This is an inter-party election.
What is a primary?
Political parties will get news out to the voters of where they stand on issues. They will also hold debates between candidates.
What is informing the public
The average voter turnout for presidential elections in the past 20 years is _______.
What is 50-60%
The kind of ballot that people use when they know ahead of time they will not be able to be at the polls (i.e armed forces)
What is an absentee ballot?
When a voter elects members of different political parties for office while going down the ballot.
What is split - ticket voting
Political party that would support less government involvement in the economy
What is the Republican Party
The first two political parties were ____________, and the were debating the __________________________________________________.
What is the Federalists & Anti-Federalists, the ratification of the constitution
Two of the four suffrage amendments are the ____ and ______ amendments.
What are the
15th (African American Males)
19th (Women)
24th (Outlawed poll tax)
26th (voting age to 18)
This is the organization that regulates election funds.
What is the FEC ( Federal election Commission )
When a stronger candidate of one party increases the popularity of other candidates within that same party on a ballot.
What is the coattail effect?
The reason why political parties are fragmented (divided across state and federal lines )
What is Federalism?
Most expensive media expense in a campaign budget is ____.
What is a tv advertisement?
Besides age and citizenship and residency, this is the only other voter requirement that 49 of the 50 states have.
What is voter registration requirement?
Process by which a person obtains their political beliefs
What is political socialization
This is two of the three reasons that the United States has a two party system
Tradition, The Electoral System, and the American Ideological Consensus
This is 3/5 major functions of political parties
Type of organization that is designed to raise money for a candidate.
What is a PAC
What are the three universal requirements for voting?