Unit 5 vocabulary

Question 1

Enfranchisement

Answer 1

Granting a particular group the right to vote

Question 2

Linkage Institutions

Answer 2

Interest groups, political parties, elections and the media

Question 3

Soft Money

Answer 3

Political contributions that are not made directly to the candidate

Question 4

Hard Money

Answer 4

Political contributions that are made directly to the candidate

Question 5

PACs

Answer 5

An organization that is registered with the FEC and donates more directly to a candidate or campaign

Question 6

Iron Triangle

Answer 6

A relationship between interest groups, agencies, and congressional committees in a certain policy area

Question 7

Realignment

Answer 7

The process through which voters leave one of the major party coalitions and join the other major party’s coalition

Question 8

Dealignment

Answer 8

When voters no longer identify with one of the two major parties and become independent voters

Question 9

Super PACs (527 groups)

Answer 9

An organization, which can spend a vast, unlimited amount of money on a political campaign

Question 10

Open Primary

Answer 10

A primary election in which you do not have to belong to a major party in order to vote

Question 11

Closed Primary

Answer 11

A primary election where only those who belong to the Democratic or Republican Party can vote