Chapter 9 Vocab

Question 0

Campaign strategy

Answer 0

The master game plan candidates layout to guide their electoral campaign

Question 1

Nomination

Answer 1

Official endorsement of a candidate for Office by a political party.

Question 2

National party convention

Answer 2

Supreme power within each of the parties. The convention meets every four years to nominate the party’s presidential and vice presidential candidates and to write the party’s platform

Question 3

Caucus

Answer 3

Meeting of all state party leaders for selecting delegates to the national party convention.

Question 4

Presidential primaries

Answer 4

How much is in which voters in a state vote for a candidate.

Question 5

Mcgovern-fraser commision

Answer 5

Commission formed at the 1968 Democratic convention in response to demands for reform by minority groups and the other sought better representation

Question 6

Super delegates

Answer 6

National party leaders who automatically get a delegate slot at the democratic National party convention.

Question 7

Frontloading

Answer 7

Recent tendency of the states to hold primaries early in the calendar in order to capitalize on media attention

Question 8

National primary

Answer 8

Proposal by critics of the Caucasus and presidential primaries. Which would replace these electoral methods with A nationwide primary held early in the election

Question 9

Regional primaries

Answer 9

Proposal played critics of the Caucasus and presidential primaries to replace these electoral methods with a series of primaries held and each geographic region.

Question 10

Party platform

Answer 10

Political party statement of its goals and policies for the next four years. Drafted prior to the party convention by a committee whose members are chosen and rough proportion each candidate strength

Question 11

Direct mail

Answer 11

Method of raising money for a political cause or a candidate

Question 12

Federal election campaign act

Answer 12

Law passed in 1974 for reforming campaign finances. Created the Federal election commission (FEC).

Question 13

Federal election commission (FEC)

Answer 13

Six-member by bipartisan Agency created by the federal election campaign act of 1974.

Question 14

Presidential election campaign fund

Answer 14

Money from the three dollar federal income tax check off goes into this fund, which is distributed qualified candidates to subsidize their presidential campaign

Question 15

Matching funds

Answer 15

Intrusions of up to $250 are matched from the presidential election campaign fund two candidates for presidential nomination who qualify and agreed to meet various conditions such as limiting their overall spend

Question 16

Soft money

Answer 16

Political contributions earmarked for party building expenses as the grassroots level or for generic party advertising

Question 17

Political action committee (PACs)

Answer 17

Funding vehicles created by the 1974 campaign-finance reforms

Question 18

Selective perception

Answer 18

Phenomenon that people often pay the most attention to things they already agree with and interpret them according to their own predispositions