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Ch. 9 AP Gopo
nominations and campaigns
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| the way candidates use scarce resources to achieve the nomination or win office | campaign strategy |
| meeting to determine which candidate will win support from delegates of a state party | caucus |
| use of targeted mailings to prospective supporters, usually compiled from lists of those who have contributed | direct mail |
| 1974 legislation designed to regulate campaign contributions and limit campaign expenditures | Federal Election Campaign Act of 1974 |
| bipartisan body charged with adminisering campaign finance laws | Federal Election Commission |
| states' decisions to move their presidential primaries and caucuses to earlier in the nomination season to capitalize on media attention | frontloading |
| committee in democratic party that recommends changes in party rules to promote more representation of women and minorities in the delegate selection process. | McGovern-Fraser Commission |
| meeting of the delegates from each state to select party's nominee for president | National Party Convention |
| created to influence the nomination, election, appointment or defeat of candidates for public office- permitted to accept contributions in any amount from any source | 527's |
| party's official endorsement of a candidate for office | nominations |
| party's statement of its goals and policies for the next four years | party platform |
| legal entity formed for contributing money to candidates and influencing electoral outcomes | political action committee |
| state-level election to select which candidate the state's delegates will support | presidential primaries |
| location of first presidential primary every year | new hampshire |
| act of paying the most attention to things that one already agrees with | selective perception |
| money raised by political parties for voter registration drives and distribution of campaign material at the grass roots level | soft money |
| delegates to the democratic party's national convention who obtain their seats on the basis of their positions in party structure | superdelegates |
| location of first presidential caucus every year | iowa |
| campaign funds used directly for candidates ads-asking people to vote for Steve Hammerle | hard money |
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