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Unit 3 Civics test
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Party Image | A voters perception of what the Republicans or Democrats stand for. |
| Party Identification | A party in which an individual identifies themselves as. |
| Ticket Splitting | A ballot on which not all votes have been casted for candidates of the same party |
| Party Machines | The internal organization of a political party, which decides their policies and directs their activities |
| Patronage | The support given to an organization by someone (Money) |
| Party systems | 50 states |
| Open Primary | Voters of any affiliation may vote in the primary of any party. They can't vote in more than one party's primary |
| Closed Primary | Only voters registered with a given party can vote in that party's primary |
| Blanket Primary | A type of primary where all candidates are listed on the same ballot |
| National Convention | A convention in which it's used to select a final presidential nominee |
| National Committee | An organization in which it's responsible for the day-to-day operation the party at the national level, as determined by the Commission |
| 1796-1824 | Era of federalists |
| 1828-1856 | Era of democrats, Andrew Jackson becomes president |
| 1860-1928 | Republican era (or Whigs...) Lincoln becomes president |
| 1932-1964 | Democratic party led by Franklin D. Roosevelt. Great depression, big crash, democratic dominance |
| 1968 | Present, politics become divided |
| Critical Elections | The possibility that some individual presidential election represent an abrupt shift in politics |
| Realignment | The process of changing the way a company or organization works or does business |
| One party | Involves only one political party |
| Two party | Involves two major political parties of comparable strength |
| Multi party | Winner take all |
| Famous third party candidates | James Weaver, William Jennings Bryan, Eugene V. Debs |
| PAC | Political action committee (helps a candidate, and affliating) |
| 527 | For a president, but not affliating |
| Coalitions | Parties have parties within the parties (sees eye to eye on some things, but has other goals) |
| Bipartisan Campaign act 2002, McCain Feingold | Two people got together, made a law to get rid of illegal money in campaign (soft money) |
| Soft money | Illegal |
| Hard money | Legal |
| Incumbent advantage | Current president has an advantage or re-election if they have a good record. |
| Plurality | Winner takes all system, need 207 votes (51%) |
| Super delegates | Democrat party, elect delegates to help elect a president. Have been in a party |
| Super Tuesday | Primary Tuesday, happens in march all states rush to get primary elections done. |
| Electoral College | Every state has electoral college votes. 538 electoral votes (3 from Columbia) |
| Conservative | Old fashioned thinking |
| Liberal | Flexible thinking (open to change) |
| Libertarian | Less government, better |
| Exit polls | Polls after voting |
| Linkage institutions | Links information from government to citizens. (Social media) |
| Types of voters | Rational, prospective, retrospective, party line |
| Rational | Rationally voting |
| Prospective | Voting for someones plan |
| Retrospective | Voting for someones past |
| Party line | Go to one side and vote for all of that side |
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Aden E.
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