AP GoPO - Chapter 8-9 Vocab

The official endorsement of a candidate for office by a political party.

A series of democratic activities to influence a political vote for or against candidates or ballot questions.

Plans for the election, defeat, retention or recall of a candidate.

A meeting where state and territory parties convene to select a presidential nominee.

Established open procedures and affirmative action guidelines for selecting delegates.

A person who is chosen as a delegate due to political status.

An opportunity to find out how much support they can gather before the actual primary race gets underway.

A closed meeting of a group of persons belonging to the same political party or faction usually to select candidates or to decide on policy.

Primary election in which voters choose the delegates to the presidential nominating conventions allotted to their states by the national party committees.

Hosting primaries earlier in order to attract media attention

A political party’s statement of its goals and policies for the next four years

A specific declaration that speaks to an issue in a party

Leaving the matter up to the states

Donations made directly to candidate/party that must be reported to the FEC

An expenditure for a communication (media, ads, TV) that directly advocates the election or defeat of a specific candidate, but is not made in coordination with a candidate

Federal law regulating campaign fundraising and spending

Organization that raises money privately to influence elections/legislations

Regulatory agency in charge of administering and enforcing the federal campaign and finance law

Contributions made outside the limits and prohibitions of federal law

Political organization that is exempt from taxes

A nonprofit groups that engages in issue advocacy

Independent PAC that can raise an unlimited amount of money

The process by which individuals perceive what they want to in media messages

The right to vote in elections

Citizens trust in their ability to change the government and their belief that they can understand and influence political affair

Allows citizens to register to vote when they are issued a drivers license

The idea that the winning candidate has a mandate from the people to carry out their platforms and politics

When attitudes towards political issues are definitively divided between parties

Organization that coordinates candidates to compete in a particular country's elections

A structure within a society that connects people to the government

Someone voting in their best interests

Voters perception of what dems or reps stand for

Which party an individual identifies with

this is so self-explanatory pls get this right!!

When a person of a party votes for a candidate in an opposing party

Type of political party organization that relies heavily on material inducements, such as patronage, to win votes and to govern

Financial support

Must be registered in a particular party to vote in this type of primary

Can be in any party to vote in this primary

State delegates go to confirm their choice of candidate

Chief executive agency over a political party

This person leads the national committee

A combination of groups who work together to achieve a political goal

A model of American politics used in history and political science to periodize the political party system existing in the United States

A set of sharp changes in party ideology

A rare, significant, long-term change in the voting behavior of a party

An American political coalition that supported the Democratic Party beginning

Occurs when at least one house of congress differs from the political party of the president

A trend or process whereby a large portion of the electorate abandons its previous partisan affiliation, without developing a new one to replace it

Any party other than dems or reps

The candidate with the most votes wins the entire state. Only ME and NE split votes

Requires that voters hold parties electorally accountable for their performance in control of government

number of electoral votes DC has

total number of senators

total numbers of representatives

total number of electoral votes

total number of electors

Established the right of federal courts to review redistricting issues (court case)

Race could no longer be the sole basis for creating or modifying a voting district (gerrymandering) (court case)

Corporations may fun political ads under free speech (court case)

Held the U.S. Constitution did not extend American citizenship to people of black African descent (court case)

Can donate to PAC if independent political expenditures are unlimited (court case)

1 man, 1 vote (court case)

Upheld McCain-Feingold law prohibiting ads 60 days before an election (court case)

Issue ads shouldn’t be prohibited before an election (court case)

The number of votes each state/district gets

A person selected to represent a group of people in some political assembly of the United States

A delegate to a presidential nominating convention who is seated automatically

Where voters indicate their preference for a parties candidate

Representatives/senators are elected; public “gives feedback“ to president

The big election held every four years in November, which elects the President

1st state in the U.S. to hold it’s caucus

A meeting in which members of a party select their preferred candidate

People of any party may vote

People of only a particular party may vote

Issues that create disagreement amongst voters

Issues that most people agree on

A term used when voting in an election where one dislikes both candidates

Granted citizenship and equal civil and legal rights to African Americans and enslaved people

Granted African American men the right to vote

Gave women the right to vote

Term limits; no president can be elected into office more than twice

Granted residents of DC the right to vote

Lowered the legal voting age to 18