unit 5: political participation

Question 1

suffrage

Answer 1

the right to vote (suffrage amendments)

Question 2

rational choice voting

Answer 2

voting based on whats in the voters best interest

Question 3

retrospective voting

Answer 3

looking into the past to determine who they vote for

Question 4

prospective voting

Answer 4

looking towards future promises and gains when deciding how to vote

Question 5

party line voting

Answer 5

when voters consistently support candidates from one political party no matter what race it is

Question 6

grandfather clause

Answer 6

law that allowed people to skip literacy tests if their grandfather had voted

Question 7

literacy test

Answer 7

reading/writing test to prevent african americans from voting in the south

Question 8

white primary

Answer 8

primary election

Question 9

mid term

Question 10

presidential elections

Question 11

referendum

Answer 11

yes/no vote by citizens on a law passed by congress

Question 12

recall

Answer 12

vote to remove a elected official from office before their term ends

Question 13

initiative

Answer 13

a process where citizens propose laws or amendments before term ends

Question 14

precinct

Question 15

civic engagement

Question 16

ideological orientation

Question 17

contemporary political issues

Question 18

religious affiliation

Question 19

interest groups

Question 20

electorate

Question 21

voter mobilization

Question 22

invisible primary

Question 23

iowa caucuses

Question 24

new hampshire primary

Question 25

swing states

Question 26

plurality

Question 27

front loading

Question 28

retail politics

Question 29

party chairperson

Question 30

delegate

Question 31

superdelegate

Question 32

coattail effect

Question 33

candidate recruitment

Question 34

campaign management

Question 35

critical elections

Question 36

realignment

Question 37

dealignment

Question 38

third party candidate

Question 39

independent candidate

Question 40

spoiler role

Question 41

faithless elector

Question 42

proportional voting system

Question 43

single member district

Question 44

winner takes all voting system

Question 45

drafting of legislation

Question 46

mobilization of membership

Question 47

free rider problem

Question 48

political actors

Question 49

lobbying

Question 50

grassroots lobbying

Question 51

amicus curiae briefs

Question 52

revolving door

Question 53

incumbency advantages

Question 54

open primaries

Question 55

closed primaries

Question 56

caucuses

Question 57

national popular vote

Question 58

professional campaign consultants

Question 59

hard money

Question 60

dark money

Question 61

soft money

Question 62

attack ads

Question 63

issue ads

Question 64

case law

Question 65

election cycle

Question 66

independent expenditures

Question 67

super pacs

Question 68

527 groups

Question 69

501(c)3s

Question 70

501(c)4s

Question 71

horserace journalism

Question 72

gatekeeper

Question 73

scorekeeper

Question 74

watchdog

Question 75

media bias

Question 76

ideologically oriented programming

Question 77

consumer driven media outlets

Question 78

sound bite

Question 79

adversarial press