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MacGruders 08 ch.p 7
cp ch.p 7
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| nomination | naming of those who will seek offive |
| general election | regularly scheduled elections at which voters make the final selection of officeholder |
| caucus | a group of like-minded people who meet to select the candidates they will support in the upcoming election |
| direct primary | an intra-party election |
| closed primary | a party's nomination election in which only declared party members can vote |
| open primary | a party's nominating election in which any qualified voter can cast a ballot |
| blanket primary | a different version of the open primary |
| runoff primary | two top votegetters in the first primary face one another for the party's nomination |
| nonpartisan election | elections in which candidates are not identified by party labels |
| absentee voting | when a person can vote without going to the polling place |
| coattail effect | occurs when a strong candidate running for an office at the top of the ballot help attract voters to other candidates on the party's tickets |
| precinct | a voting district |
| polling place | the place when people place their votes |
| ballot | the device by which a voter registers a choice in an election |
| subsidy | a grant of money usually from a government |
| soft money | funds given to party organizations for such "party-building activities" |
| hard money | money raised and spent to elect candidates for congress and the white house |
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