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Government - Exam 3 - Part 1 - Chapter 8 - Campaigns

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show Mandate  
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Voting for or against a candidate or party on the basis of past performance in office   show
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In politics, a reference to the increasing number of officeholders for who politics is a full-time occupation   show
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In politics, a reference to people who started young working in politics, running for and holding public office, and who made politics their career   show
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Candidates currently in office seeking reelection   show
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Percentages of incumbents running for reelection who are successful   show
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show Name Recognition  
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show Challengers  
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Free use of the US mails granted to members of Congress to promote communication with constituents   show
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show Campaign Strategy  
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show Negative Campaigning  
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show Focus group  
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show Photo ops  
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show Sound bites  
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show Mobilize  
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Ads that advocate policy positions rather than explicitly supporting or opposing particular candidates   show
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show Political Action Committees (PACs)  
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Agency charged with enforcing federal election laws and disbursing public presidential campaign funds   show
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Previously unregulated contributions to the parties, now prohibited; contributions to parties are now limited   show
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Direct candidate contact with individual voters   show
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Practitioners of the art of spin control, or manipulations of media reporting to favor their own candidate   show
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show Front-end strategy  
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show Front Loading  
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Presidential political campaign strategy in which a candidate focuses on winning primaries in large states because of their high delegate counts   show
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show Electoral College  
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show Swing States  
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show Name recognition  
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The franking privilege allows incumbents in Washington to ______.   show
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show negative  
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Political consultant rules include: Appeal to the ______, rather than to the head.   show
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show attacked  
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Political consultant rules include: ______ early, if you have the money.   show
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______ are small groups that are used by campaigns to test responses to issues   show
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The main goal of campaigns is to ______   show
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show $2300  
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show $500 million  
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show constituents  
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show News coverage  
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show Tax check-offs  
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A media mention contributes most directly to ______   show
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Which state traditionally holds the first presidential primary?   show
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_______ is NOT usually a requirement for a big-state strategy?   show
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In most states, to win all of a state’s electoral votes, candidates must get what proportion of a state’s popular vote?   show
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______ were the first presidential hopefuls to debate on television   show
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show December  
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To win the presidential election you must have what proportion of Electoral College votes?   show
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show Ohio, Pennsylvania, Missouri, New Mexico  
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show debates  
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show in direct contact with voters  
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The most overrepresented profession in politics is _______.   show
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show $25 million  
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Probably the most important hurdle to any candidate for office is ______.   show
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