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AP Gov - Chap. 14
A stack to practice the terms of Chapter 14.
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Political party | an organized group of party leaders office holders and voters that work together to elect candidates to political office |
| Party identification | the degree to which a voter is connected to and influenced by a particular political party |
| Straight-ticket voting | voting for all of the candidates on the ballot from one political party |
| Split-ticket voting | voting for candidates from different parties in the same election |
| Party platform | a set of positions and policy objectives that members of a political party agreed to |
| Recruitment | the process through which political parties identify potential nominees for candidates |
| Party coalition | groups of voters who support a political party over time |
| Realignment | when the groups of people who support a political party shift their allegiance to a different |
| Critical election | a major national election that signals a change in the balance of power between the two parties |
| Party era | a time period when one party wins most national election |
| Era of divided government | a trend since 1969 in which one party controls one or both houses of Congress and the president is from the opposing party |
| Nomination | the formal process through which parties choose their candidates for political office |
| Delegate | A person who acts as the voters representative at a convention to select the parties presidential nominee |
| Primary election | an election in which a States voters choose delegates who support a candidate for nomination |
| Open primary | a primary election in which all eligible voters may vote regardless of their partisan affiliation |
| Closed primary | a primary election in which only registered voters from a political party may vote |
| Caucus | a process through which states eligible voters meet to select delegates to represent their preferences in the nomination process |
| Super delegate | usually a party leader or activist who is not pledged to a candidate based on the outcome of the state's primary or caucus |
| Front-loading | a decision by a state to push its primary or caucus to a date as early in the season as possible to become more influential in the nomination process |
| National Convention | a meeting where delegates officially select their party's nominee for the presidency |
| Candidate-centered-campaign | a trend in which candidates developed their own strategies and raise money with less influence from the party elite |
| Two party system | a system in which two political parties dominant politics, winning almost all elections |
| Proportional representation system | an election system for a legislature in which citizens vote for parties, rather than individuals, and parties are represented in the legislature according to the percentage of the vote they receive |
| Single-member-plurality system | an election system for choosing members of the legislature where the winner is the candidate who receives the most votes even if the candidate does not receive a majority of the votes |
| Third party | a minor political party in competition with two major parties |
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