GOPO unit 2
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| attentive public | those who follow politics and public affairs carefully
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| Australian ballot | secret ballot printed at the expense of the state
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| balancing the ticket | occurs when a presidential nominee chooses a vice presidential running mate who has different qualities in order to attract more votes for the ticket
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| caucus | local party meeting
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| closed primary | party elections to choose presidential candidate that is closed to independents.
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| Demographics | characteristics of populations e.g race sex income
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| direct election | election of an official directly by the people rather than by an intermediary group such as the electoral college
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| direct primary | election in which the people choose candidates for offices
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| fixed term | terms of office that have a definite length of time e.g 4 yrs for president
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| front loading | scheduling presidential primary elections early in the election year
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| gender gap | difference in voting patterns for men and women, particularly n the greater tendency of the latter to vote Democratic presidential candidates
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| general election | election in which the officeholders are chosen. contrast with a primary election, in which only the candidates are chosen.
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| hard money | campaign contributions donated to candidates
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| ideology | set of beliefs about political values and the role of government
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| incumbent | officeholder who is seeking reelection
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| independent | one is not registered with a political party.
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| Independent learners | vote for candidates of 1 party
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| pure independents | voters with no consistent pattern of part voting
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| issue advocacy ads | ads that focus on issues and do no explicitly encourage citizens to vote for a certain candidate.
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| open primary | election to chose candidates that open to independents and in which voters may choose candidates from any one party.
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| party identification | a sense of affiliation that a person has with a particular political party
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| party platform | list of positions and programs that the party adopts at the national convention. each position = a PLANK
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| political culture | widely shared beliefs, values, and norms that citizens share about their government.
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| plurality | more votes than anyone else, but less than half, e.g clinton won a plurality (43%) but not majority.
plurality elections such as those for congress are won by the person with the most votes, regardless if he/she has a majority
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| political efficacy | capacity to understand and influence political events
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| political socialization | process in which one acquires his/her political beliefs
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| realigning ("critical") election | an election in which there is a long term change in party alignment, e.g., 1932
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| safe seat | an office that is extremely likely to be won by a particular candidate or party
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| single member district system | system in which the people elect one representative per district. with a winner-take-all-rule, this system strengthens the two major parties and weakens minor parties.
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| soft money |
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| solid South | historically, the south voted solidly Democratic. however, the South is now strongly Republican: Bush carried every Southern state in 2000.
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| split ticket voting | casting votes for candidates of one's own party and for candidates of opposing parties, e.g., voting for a Republican presidential candidates and a Democratic congressional candidate.
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| straight ticket voting | casting votes only for candidates of one's own party
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| suffrage | the right to vote
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| super-delegate | delegate to the Democratic national convention who is there by virtue of holding an office
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| Super Tuesday | a Tuesday in early March in which many presidential primaries, particularly in the South, are held
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| swing states | states that does not consistently vote either Democratic or Republican in presidential elections.
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