Final Exam

Question 1

Campaign

Answer 1

An effort to secure an elective position.

Question 2

Election

Answer 2

The process of voting.

Question 3

Primary Election

Answer 3

An election to select a parties candidate for the next election/general election.

Question 4

General Election

Answer 4

A regularly scheduled election.

The 1st Tuesday after the 1st Monday in November.

Question 5

Presidential Election

Answer 5

President elected through the Electoral College, which is the most unique and creative part of our Constitution.
The 1st Monday after the 2nd Wednesday in December.

Question 6

Closed Primary

Answer 6

You’re going to have to declare your party early to make a vote and then you can only vote in that party for a primary.

Question 7

Open Primary

Answer 7

The elector can wait until the day of the primary to declare what party they’re going to vote for.

Question 8

Referendum

Answer 8

The state legislature refers past laws to the people for popular vote.

Question 9

Recall

Answer 9

When a public official by petition of the citizens must run for re-election before the end of their term.

Question 10

Ballot Initiative

Answer 10

Citizens who by petition propose a law policy change by vote.

Question 11

Majority System

Answer 11

The candidate must receive a majority of votes to win.

Question 12

Plurality System

Answer 12

The person with the most votes win.

Question 13

Proportional Representation

Answer 13

Parties gain seats in proportion to the number of votes cast to them.

Question 14

Single-Member District

Answer 14

You get one person to represent you in that district (district in a state) from the House of Representatives.

Question 15

Multiple-Member District

Answer 15

Each political party is represented in preparation to its percentage of the total vote.

Question 16

Incumbent

Answer 16

The person already holding the elective office.

Question 17

Platform

Answer 17

Document that establishes the party’s philosophy, principles, and positions on issues.

Question 18

Planks

Answer 18

Make up a platform and are a position on a specific issue.

Question 19

Split-Ticket Voting

Answer 19

You can go in and vote for some people from one party and other candidates from another party.

Question 20

Straight-Ticket Voting

Answer 20

Choose a single party and all votes go for everyone in that party running.

Question 21

Coattail Effect

Answer 21

Part of Straight-Ticket Voting; Knowing the president is in a certain party, so you vote for that party and the candidates get elected by riding the coat tail of the primary candidate.

Question 22

Influences on Voter Decisions

Answer 22

Party Loyalty, Issues & Policies, and Candidate Characteristics

Question 23

Party Loyalty

Answer 23

Just vote for the party you’re attached to, even without knowing the candidate.

Question 24

Issues & Policies

Answer 24

Based on prioritized issues of the voters and where the candidate stands on those issues and policies.

Question 25

Different ways to think of Issues & Polices that influence voter decisions.

Answer 25

Retrospective Voting, Prospective Voting, and Economy Voting

Question 26

Retrospective Voting

Answer 26

The voter looks at how the candidate has voted on that issue on the past.

Question 27

Prospective Voting

Answer 27

The voter doesn’t have record of how the candidate voted, but they know how the candidate said they were going to vote.

Question 28

Economy Voting

Answer 28

Based on how the economy is doing will lead to who the voter will vote for.

Question 29

Candidate Characteristics

Answer 29

Height, good appeal, good communicator, good personality, race, religion, ethnicity, social status, etc.

Question 30

Political Parties

Answer 30

Organizations that seek to influence government by getting the members elected.

Question 31

Special Interest Groups

Answer 31

Organizations that seek to influence government through lobbying; usually issued based.

Question 32

Two Party System

Answer 32

America has a two party system: Democrats and Republicans.

Question 33

Divided Government

Answer 33

If the president is from one Party and the House and/or Senate is from another Party.

Question 34

Majority Party

Answer 34

Which ever Party has the most seats in the House or Senate.

Question 35

Minority Party

Answer 35

Which ever Party has the least seats in the House or Senate.

Question 36

Third Parties

Answer 36

Any political party that is not one of the two primary parties.

Question 37

Party Identification

Answer 37

How you as an individual ideologically align with a particular party.

Question 38

Partisan

Answer 38

The members of the Party are remaining loyal to the Party.

Question 39

Nonpartisan

Answer 39

I don’t have an allegiance to any Party.

Question 40

Bipartisan

Answer 40

The two Parties work together.

Question 41

Political Participation

Answer 41

The activity we can participate in for local participation.

Question 42

Different ways to participate in political participation:

Answer 42

Volunteer in a campaign, Join an interest group, Lobbying, Sign petitions, Run for office.

Question 43

The Formal obstacles to participation in politics:

Answer 43

Voters registration, Age limitation, Identification requirements, and Felonies.

Question 44

The Informal obstacles to participation in politics:

Answer 44

Not having transportation and Event held on working days.