Chapters 9-10 Flashcards
(36 cards)
A group that seeks to to elect candidates to public office.
Political party
Republican party faction of the 1800s to the 1910s, composed of reformers who opposed patronage.
mugwumps or progressives
A period when a major, lasting shift occurs in the popular coalition supporting one or both parties.
critical or realignment period
Voting for candidates of different parties for various offices in the same election.
split ticket
Voting for candidates of the same party.
straight ticket
A ballot listing all candidates of a given office under the name of that office, also called a “Massachusetts” ballot.
office-bloc ballot
A ballot listing all candidates of a given party together under the name of that party: also calledn an Indiana ballot?
Party-column ballot
A meeting of party delegates held every four years?
National convention
Delegates who run party affairs between national conventions?
national committee
A party committee in Congress that provides funds to members and would-be members?
congressional campaign committee
Day to day party manager elected by the national committee?
national chair
The republicans built up a huge file of names of people who had given or might give money to the party. THE REPUBLICANS TOOK ADVANTAGE OF A NEW BIT OF TECHNOLOGY—??
A. email B. computerized mailings C. phone blast D. campaign finance E. none of the above
B. computerized mailings
Funds used to aid political parties and their ads and polls?
A. hard money B. soft money C. campaign finance D. dnc money E. rnc money
B. soft money
The national committee selects the time and place of the next national conventions and issues a ___???___ for the convention that sets forth the number of delegates each state and territorty is to have ad the rules under which delegates must be chosen..
A. writ of certioria B. subpoena C. Call D. Order E. summons
C. Call
The exact formula for apportioning delegates is extremely complex. Ultimately the Democrats give extra delegates to __?? states, while the Republicans give extra delegates to __??__ states…
A. red states, blue states B. blue states, red states C. small states, large states D. large states, loyal states E. large states, small states
A.
D. large states, loyal states
In 1981 this commission changed some of the rules in order to increase the influence of elected officials and to make the convention a somewhat more deliberative body?
A. Nixon B. Bowles C. Hunt D. Carter E. Reagan
C. Hunt
Party ladders and elected officials who become delegates to the national convention without having to run in primaries or caucuses?
superdelegates
This system divides a states publicly elected delegates among candidates who receive at least 15 percent of the vote?
The proportional representation system
States that violeate the rules are now penalized with the loss of
___???___ percent of their national convention delegates?
A. 10 B. 20 C. 25 D. 30 E. 40
C. 25
a party organization that recruits members by dispensing patronage?
political machine
The __??__ passed by congress in 1939 made it illegal for federal civil service employees to take an active part in political management or political campaigns by serving as party officers, soliciting campaign funds running for office or being delegates o a party convention?
A. nepotism act B. anti poitical machine act C. hatch act D. network of friends act E. machine politics
C. hatch act
A party that values principled stands on issues above all else?
ideological party
The most firmly ideological parties have been independent “third parties” such as?
A. Socialist workers parties B. Libertarian parties C. Right to Life parties D. all of the above E. none of the above
D. all of the above
The social rewards that lead people to join political organizations?
solidary incentives
