Political Parties, Presidency, Campaigns and Elections
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| gridlock | show 🗑
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| show | when one part controls the White House and another party controls one or both houses of Congress
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| unified government | show 🗑
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| electoral college | show 🗑
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| pyramid structure | show 🗑
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| show | several of the president's assistants report directly to him
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| show | several subordinates, cabinet officers, and committees report directly to the president on different matters; case by case basis
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| cabinet | show 🗑
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| bully pulpit | show 🗑
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| veto message | show 🗑
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| show | a bill fails to become law because the president did not sign it within ten days before congress adjourns
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| line item veto | show 🗑
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| signing statement | show 🗑
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| legislative veto | show 🗑
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| impeachment | show 🗑
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| lame duck | show 🗑
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| ideological wing | show 🗑
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| show | when a president first gets elected and is popular among the people and Congress will pass his laws more easily
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| executive privilege | show 🗑
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| show | when the president refuses to spend money that Congress appropriates; illegal
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| opinion polls | show 🗑
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| trustee approach | show 🗑
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| show | doing what your constituents want you to do
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| pardon | show 🗑
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| show | citizens eligible to vote
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| primary elections | show 🗑
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| closed primary | show 🗑
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| show | anyone can vote to choose a presidential candidate in this primary (however, you may only vote in one primary/election cycle)
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| caucus | show 🗑
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| show | if one candidate does not receive a majority of the vote, this type of primary is held for the the two most popular candidates (mostly occurs in the South)
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| blanket primary | show 🗑
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| cross-over voting | show 🗑
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| mid-term election | show 🗑
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| general election | show 🗑
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| presidential preference primary | show 🗑
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| show | day where many states conduct their primaries; usually candidates drop out if they do not do well on this day
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| delegates | show 🗑
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| super delegates | show 🗑
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| voter turnout | show 🗑
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| show | ballot filled out and mailed in early by people who can't vote on election day
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| show | you can write in the name of a candidate that is not on the ballot
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| show | small geographical area where all of the voters are assigned to the same voting site
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| show | process by which the US president is indirectly elected
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| show | overall system of elections
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| show | election that takes place every four years
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| winner-take-all | show 🗑
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| proportional representation | show 🗑
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| majority vote | show 🗑
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| show | winner gets most votes, even if that is less than 50% of the total
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| coattails effect | show 🗑
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| critical election (realigning) | show 🗑
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| incumbent | show 🗑
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| independent voter | show 🗑
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| show | when the people come up with a piece of legislature that is on the ballot of the next election
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| show | when state legislatures offer proposed legislation for voter approval
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| show | removal of an incumbent from office in the middle of their term by popular vote
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| mandate | show 🗑
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| ticket-splitting | show 🗑
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| show | voting all Republicans or all Democrats
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| show | in some states, people may vote prior to election day at designated sites that may not be their normal election day voting site
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| show | works at polls
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| show | redrawing district lines to benefit a certain party
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| show | redoing the distribution of House members based on Census results
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| show | gerrymandering; redrawing the boundary lines of a voting district
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| show | amendment that banned poll taxes
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| Voting Rights Act (1965) | show 🗑
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| Federal Election Commission (FEC) | show 🗑
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| public communication | show 🗑
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| show | money spent by groups, such as Super PACS, that have no affiliation with a party
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| disclaimer | show 🗑
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| show | money raised and spent by political groups (PACs, parties, 527 groups) not directly devoted to candidates; regulated by BCRA (McCain-Feingold Act); used for state and local political and party building activities
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| show | money raised and spent by a candidate's campaign organization (there is a cap)
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| direct mailing | show 🗑
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| show | Political Action Committees; organized for unions or corporations who want to be involved with politics, but are regulated by federal law; PACs are regulated by the FEC and can donate directly up to $5000 per candidate per election
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| Super PACs (Independent Expenditure Committees) | show 🗑
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| 12th Amendment | show 🗑
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| show | amendment that declared that suffrage can't be denied on account of race
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| show | that amendment that granted women's right to vote
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| show | DC gets representation in the House (and 3 Electoral College votes)
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| 26th Amendment | show 🗑
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| Federal Election Campaign Act (1971) | show 🗑
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| Motor Voter Act (1993) | show 🗑
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| show | case that gave corporation speech rights that are the same as an individual's; allowed companies to finance campaign ads without limits; cannot contribute directly to candidate's campaign.
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| show | a group that seeks to elect candidates to public office
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| Direct Primary | show 🗑
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| show | A national meeting of delegates elected in primaries, caucuses, or state conventions who assemble once every four years to nominate candidates for president and vice president, ratify the party platform, elect officers, and adopt rules.
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| show | an organization maintained by a political party to raise funds to support its own candidates in congressional elections
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| show | Appointed by the DNC or the RNC as head of the party.
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| Political Machine | show 🗑
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| show | an electoral system in which the winner is the person who gets the most votes, even if he or she does not receive a majority; used in almost all American elections
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| show | when popular support switches from one party to another
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| show | A political party's statement of its goals and policies for the next four years. It is the best formal statement of a party's beliefs.
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| show | A party that values principled stands on issues above all else.
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