Chapter 9 Key Terms Flashcards
Nomination
The official endorsement of a candidate for office by a political party
Campaign strategy
The master game plan candidates by out to guide their electoral capaign
National party convention
The supreme power within each of the parties
Caucus
A meeting of all state party leaders for selecting delegates to the national party convention
Presidential primaries
Elections in which voters in a state vote for a candidate for delegates pledged to him or her
Mcgovern-fraser commission
A commission formed at the 1968 democratic conventionin response to demands for reform by minority groups and others who sought better representation
Superdelegates
National party leaders who automatically get a delegate slot at the democratic national convention
Frontloading
The recent tendency of states to hold primaries early in the calendar in order to capitalize on media attention
National primary
A proposal by critics of the caucuses and presidential primaries, which would replace these electoral methods with a nationwide primary held early in the election year.
Regional primaries
A proposal by critics of the caucuses and presidential primaries to replace these electoral methods with a series of primaries held in each geographic region
Party platform
A political party’s statement of its goals and policies for the next four years.
Direct mail
A high-tech method of raising money for a political cause or candidate
Federal election campaign act
A law passed in 1974 for reforming campaign finances
Federal election commission (FEC)
A six-member bipartisan agency created by the federal election campaign act of 1974.
Presidential election campaign fund
Money from the $3 federal income tax check-off goes into this fund, which is then distributed to qualified candidates to subsidize their presidential campaigns.
