UNIT 5

Question 1

Rational Choice Voting

Answer 1

Individuals who base their decisions on what is perceived to be in their best interest and their own beliefs

Question 2

Retrospective voting

Answer 2

individuals who decide whether the party or candidate in power should be reelected based on the recent past

Question 3

Prospective voting

Answer 3

individuals who vote based on predictions of how a party or candidate will perform in the future

Question 4

Party line (straight ticket) voting

Answer 4

individuals who vote for all of the candidates from ONE political party on a ballot in order to get their party’s policies

Question 5

Demographics

Answer 5

bruh yk what this is

Question 6

Critical elections

Answer 6

elections in which there is a realignment of political party support among voters

Question 7

Realignment

Answer 7

a major change in the composition of party coalitions, often brought on by a new or pressing issue (often economic trouble or war)

Question 8

Proportional system

Answer 8

an election system where each party running receives the proportion of legislative seats corresponding to its proportion of the vote

Question 9

Winner-take-all system

Answer 9

serve a structural barrier to a third party candidate success, it advantages the two party system

Question 10

Party Coalition

Answer 10

A government where political parties join together for a common purpose

Question 11

Linkage institution

Answer 11

A way that connects the people with the government: News media, Interest groups, social movements

Question 12

General Election

Answer 12

The presidential election and not primary

Question 13

Midterm election

Answer 13

The house of reps and other 2 year long terms are voted for

Question 14

Open/closed primary

Answer 14

Open: where candidates of all parties appear on the ballot no matter the registered party Closed: Only the party that the person registered as appears on their ballot

Question 15

Party Caucus

Answer 15

closed meeting of party members to select candidates or decide policy

Question 16

Primary election

Answer 16

an election where political parties choose their candidates for the general election

Question 17

Incumbency Advantage

Answer 17

People will be more encouraged to vote for the incumbent because they were just president

Question 18

Bipartisan

Answer 18

an agreement of two political parties that usually oppose each other’s policies

Question 19

Political Action commitee

Answer 19

a committee that is directly or indirectly established, financed, maintained, by a candidate or an individual holding federal office

Question 20

Super PAC

Answer 20

Committees taht can receive unlimited contributions from individuals, corps, labor unions to finance their own expenses or ads

Question 21

Independent expenditure

Answer 21

a payment for a communication expressly supporting or opposing a ballot measure (ADS BRUH)

Question 22

Horse race journalism

Answer 22

the media’s use of polling results to convey popularity in a certain candidate can affect elections by turning these events into “horse races”

Question 23

Third parties

Answer 23

Libertarian, green, they never win lol