Unit 5 AP Gov Word Scramble

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Term	Definition
Political Participation	Different ways individuals take action to shape the laws & policies of government.
Political Action Committee	Organization raising money to elect & defeat candidates & may donate money directly to a candidate's campaign, subject it limits.
Linkage Institution	Channels connecting individuals with government including elections, political parties, interest groups, & the media.
Social Movement	Individuals join government through elections, political parties, interest groups, & the media.
Franchise or Suffrage	The right to vote.
Twenty-Sixth Amendment	Allows those 18 years or older to vote.
Twenty-Fourth Amendment	Prohibits Congress & states from imposing poll taxes as a voting condition in federal elections.
Poll Tax	Payment required by state or federal government before a citizen is allowed to vote.
Voter Turnout	Number of eligible voters who participate in an election as a percentage of total number of eligible voters.
Demographic Characteristics	Measurable characteristics of population, such as economic status, education, age, race or ethnicity, & gender.
Socioeconomic Status (SES)	Measure of an individual's wealth, income, occupation, & educational attainment.
Political Efficacy	Person's belief that he or she can make effective political change.
Political Mobilization	Efforts by political parties to encourage their members to vote.
Registration Requirements	Set of rules that govern who can vote & how, when, & where they vote.
Absentee Ballot	Voting completed & submitted by a voter before the day of an election without going to the polls.
Rational Choice Voting	Voting based on what a citizen believes in his or her best interest.
Retrospective Voting	Voting based on assessment of incumbent's past performance.
Prospective Voting	Casting a ballot for a candidate promising to enact policies favored by the voter in the future.
Party-Line Voting	Voting for candidates who belong only to one political party for all offices on the ballot.
Electoral College	Constitutionally required process for selecting president through slates of electors chosen in each state, who are pledged to vote for a nominee in the presidential election.
Winner-Take-All System	System of elections where the candidate winning the plurality of voters within a state receives all that state's votes in Electoral College.
Battleground State	State where polls show a close contest Republican & Democratic candidate in residential election.
Swing State	State where levels of support for the parties are similar & elections swing back & forth between Democrats & Republicans.
Get Out The Vote (GOTV)	Efforts to mobilize supporters.
Super PAC	Organization that may spend an unlimited amount of money on a political campaign, as long as spending isn't coordinated with a campaign.
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Political Party	Organized group of party leaders, officeholders, & voters who work together to elect candidates to political office.
Party Identification	Degree to which a voter is connected & influenced by particular political party.
Straight-Ticket Voting	Voting for all of the candidates on the ballot from one political party.
Split-Ticket Voting	Voting candidates fro different parties in the same election.
Party Platform	Set of positions & policy objectives that members of a political party agree to.
Recruitment	Process where political parties identify potential candidates.
Party Coalition	Voter groups supporting a political party over time.
Realignment	When groups of people supporting a political party shift their allegiance to a different political party.
Critical Election	Major national election signaling a change in the balance of power between two parties.
Party Era	Time period where one party wins most national elections.
Era of Divided Government	1969 trend, where one party controls one/two houses of Congress & the president is from the opposing party.
Nomination	Formal process through which parties choose their candidates from political office.
Delegate	Person who acts as the voters' representative at a convention to select party's nominee.
Primary Election	Election where state's voters choose delegates supporting a presidential candidate for nomination or an election by plurality vote to select a party's nominee for a seat in Congress.
Open Primary	Primary election where all eligible voters may vote, regardless of party affiliation.
Closed Primary	Primary election here only registered party members may vote.
Caucus	Process where state's eligible voters meet to select delegates to represent their preferences in the nomination process.
Superdelegate	Usually a party leader or activist not pledged to a candidate based on outcome of the state's primary caucus.
Front-Loading	Decision by state to push its primary or caucus o a date as early in the election season as possible, gaining more influence in the residential nomination process.
National Convention	Meeting where delegates officially select party's nominee for the presidency.
Candidate-Centered Campaign	Trend where candidates develop their own strategies & raise money with less influence from party elite.
Two-Party System	System where two political parties dominate politics, winning almost all elections.
Proportional Representation System	Legislator election system in which citizens vote for parties, rather than individuals & parties are represented in legislature according to percentage of vote they receive.
Single-Member Plurality System	Choosing members for legislature's election system where winner is the candidate who receives the most votes, even if it isn't the majority.
Third Party	Minor political party in competition with the two major parties.
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