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Chapter 13 Vocabulary Terms

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Conventional Political Participation   Political participation that attempts to influence the political process through well-accepted, often moderate forms of persuasion.  
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Unconventional Political Participation   Attempts to influence the political process through unusual or extreme measures, such as protests, boycotts, and picketing  
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Turnout   The proportion of the voting-age public that votes  
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Ticket-splitting   Voting for candidates of different parties for various offices in the same election  
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Retrospective Judgement   A voter’s evaluation of the performance of the party in power  
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Prospective Judgement   A voter’s evaluation of a candidate  
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Authoritarian System   A system of government that bases its rule on force rather than consent of the governed.  
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Electorate   The citizens eligible to vote  
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Mandate   A command, indicated by an electorate’s votes, for the elected officials to carry out their platforms  
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Primary Election   Election in which voters decide which of the candidates within a party will represent the party in the general election.  
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Closed Primary   A primary election in which only a party’s registered voters are eligible to vote  
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Open Primary   A primary in which party members, independants, and sometimes members of the other party are allowed to vote  
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Crossover Voting   Participation in the primary of a party with which the voter is not affiliated  
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Raiding   An organized attempt by voters of one party to influence the primary results of the other party  
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Runoff Primary   A second primary election between the two candidates will actually fill elective public offices  
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General Election   Election in which voters decide which candidates will actually fill elective public offices  
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Ballot Measure   An election option such as the initiative or referendum that enables voters to enact public policy  
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Initiative   An election that allows citizens to propose legislation and submit it to the state electorate for public vote.  
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Referendum   An election whereby the state legislature submits proposed legislation to the state’s voters for approval.  
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Recall   An election in which voters can remove an incumbent from office by popular vote  
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Front Loading   The tendency of states to choose an early date on the primary calendar.  
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Unit Rule   A traditional party practice under which the majority of a state delegation can force the minority to vote for its candidate  
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Superdelegate   Delegate slot to the Democratic Party’s national convention that is reserved for an elected party official.  
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Electoral College   Representatives of each state who cast the final ballots that actually elect a president  
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Elector   Member of the Electoral College chosen by methods determined in each state  
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Reapportionment   The reallocation of the number of seats in the House of Representatives after each decennial census  
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Redistricting   Redrawing congressional districts to reflect increases or decreases in seats allotted to the states as well as population shifts within a state  
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Gerrymandering   The legislative process through which the majority party in each statehouse tries to assure that the maximum number of representatives from its political party can be elected to Congress through the redrawing of legislative districts  
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Midterm Election   An election that takes place in the middle of a presidential election  
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Regional Primary   A proposed system in which the country would be divided into five or six geographic areas and all states in each region would hold their presidential primary elections on the same day  
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