Vocab Unit 3

Vocab

100

What is the selling of different items, typically of hardware or software, together as a package.

What is Bundling

200

What is Hard money?

Hard currency, globally traded currency that can serve as a reliable and stable store of value.

300

What is Patronage?

What is ¨support given by a patron.¨

400

An election in which voters choose candidates to run on a party's ticket in a subsequent election for public office.

What is Direct primary

500

A macroeconomic economic theory

What is Keynesian Economics

Vocab

100

What is PAC

What is Political Action Committee

200

What is caucus?

What is a meeting at which local members of a political party register their preference among candidates running for office.

300

Communications intended to bring awareness to a certain problem

What is Issue advocacy.

400

A primary election in which voters are not required to declare party affiliation.

What is Open primary.

500

What is a lobbyist?

What is a person who takes part in an organized attempt to influence legislators.

Vocab

100

A person who obtains something without effort or cost

What is Free rider

200

An entrance to a large building in which four partitions turn about a central axis.

What is Revolving door

300

What is a politcial party.

What is An organization that coordinates candidates to compete in a particular country's elections.

400

What is Nonpartisan election

What is lack of bias toward a political party.

500

A voter participates in a primary election for a political party with which he or she does not generally affiliate.

What is Crossover voting

Vocab

100

A political party that plays a smaller role than a major party

What is Minor party

200

Critical realignment

What is Realigning election

300

Control of the executive branch and the legislative branch is split between two parties

What is a Divided government

400

A trend or process whereby a large portion of the electorate abandons its previous partisan

What is Dealignment

500

Are communications intended to bring awareness to a certain problem

What is Issue advocacy

Vocab

100

A former federal policy in the US requiring television and radio broadcasters to present contrasting viewpoints on controversial issues of public importance.

What is Fairness doctrine

200

A theory within the practice of psychology

What is Selective exposure 

300

What is Selective perception?

What is the tendency not to notice and more quickly forget stimuli that cause emotional discomfort and contradict our prior beliefs.

400

A legislative seat that is likely to be retained with a large majority in an election.

What is a Safe seat

500

A type of U.S. tax-exempt organization

What is 527 groups