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Chapter 22+23 Key T.
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Political Party | is an organization of citizen who wish to influence and control government by getting their members elected to office |
| Platform | is a statement of the party's official stand on major public issues |
| Nominate | is to name the candidate to run for public office |
| Plank | is to position statements on each specific issue in a party's platform |
| Canvassing | is to go door-to-door handing out information and asking people which candidates they support |
| Precincts | is to voting districts |
| Patronage | is the system in which party leaders perform favors for loyal supporters of the party |
| Straight Tickets | is a ballot cast for all the candidates of one party |
| Split Tickets | is the practice of voting for candidates of more than one party on the same ballot |
| Independent Voters | is people who do not support a particular political party |
| Self-Nomination | is declaring that you are running for office |
| Write-In-Candidate | is one who asks voters to write his or her name on the ballot |
| Caucus | is meeting of party leaders to discuss issues or to choose candidate |
| Direct Primary | is an election in which members of a political party choose a candidates to run for office in the name of the party |
| Close Primary | is a primary in which a voter must be registered as a party member and may vote only in that party's primary |
| Open Primary | is a primary in which voters do not need to declare a party before voting, but they may vote in only one party's primary |
| General Election | is an election in which voters make final decisions about the candidate and issues |
| Registration | is the process of signing up to be a voter |
| Direct Mail | is a way of sending messages to large groups of people through the mail |
| Media | is different kinds of ways to get your message out |
| Propaganda | is a message that is meant to influence people ideas, opinions, and actions in a certain way |
| Bias | is favoring one point of view |
| Campaign Manager | helps plan the broad outlines of the campaign: where to go, what issues to discuss, and what image of the candidates to put forth |
| Campaign Press Secretary | makes certain that the media shows the candidates in the best light |
| Incumbent | is someone who already holds the office for which he or she is running, has a very good chance of winning again |
| Elector | is people who promise to cast votes for the candidate selected by the voters |
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