AP Government - Chapter 8 Vocabulary
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| show | The person currently in office.
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| show | The tendency of lesser-known or weaker candidates to profit in an election by the presence on the ticket of a more popular candidate.
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| show | A committee set up and representing a corporation, labor union, or special-interest group that raises and spends campaign contributions on behalf of one or more candidates or causes.
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| show | Drawing the boundaries of political districts so that districts are very unequal in population.
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| show | Drawing the boundaries of political districts in bizarre or unusual shapes to make it easy for candidates of the party in power to win elections in those districts.
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| show | An increase in the votes that congressional candidates usually get when they first run for reelection.
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| show | An issue dividing the electorate on which rival parties adopt different policy positions to attract voters.
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| show | An election used to fill an elective office.
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| show | An election prior to the general election in which voters select the candidates who will run on each party's ticket.
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| show | A primary election that permits all voters, regardless of party, to choose candidates.
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| show | A second primary election held in some states when no candidate receives a majority of the votes in the first primary. The runoff is between the two candidates with the most votes. Runoff primaries are common in the south.
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