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Political Parties
Elections and
campaignsInterestGroups
Minor Parties
More on Elections
Mixed Bag
This type of voter is evidence of the weakening of political
parties and will vote for candidates of different parties
for various offices in the same election.
A 100
What is a split-ticket voter?
A 100
This is the type of election that signifies a sharp, lasting shift in party identification
occurs from one major party to the other.
A 200
What is a critical election (realignment)?
A 200
This is where delegates from each party in each state are
sent to in order to nominate a presidential candidate.
A 300
What is a national convention?
A 300
This is how we determine which delegates are sent to
the convention to cast votes.
A 400
What is a primary election or caucus?
A 400
These are the 3 main things that happen at a national party
convention.
A 500
What is 1.) selecting the presidential nominee, 2.) the announcement of the Vice President running mate and 3.) the presentation of the
party platform?
A 500
This practice creates unusually shaped districts in order to unfairly influence
elections by benefitting one party over another.
B 100
What is gerrymandering?
B 100
This is an unfair situation where a citizen’s vote in a
smaller district can be worth twice as much as a vote in the
larger district.
B 200
What is malapportionment?
B 200
This type of individual wins 95% of the time, often with over 60% of the vote in a
typical House race.
B 300
What is an incumbent?
B 300
This is the term used to describe the unlimited funds given to a political party that do not have to be reported to
the Federal Elections Commission.
B 400
What is soft money?
B 400
This has happened in the early 1970s, after the 2000
election and in 2002 in order to make elections more fair.
B 500
What is campaign finance reform?
B 500
These groups raise money for special interest groups and
funnel hard and soft money to the political parties and
candidates.
C 100
What is a PAC (political action committee)?
C 100
This activity was once seen as corrupt but is now and
accepted way for individuals to attempt to influence public
policy.
C 200
What is to lobby?
C 200
The single most important tactic of a lobbyist.
C 300
What is supplying credible information?
C 300
DAILY DOUBLE
C 400
DAILY DOUBLEPlace A Wager
These are activities intended to assist a specific candidate
for office which is made without their cooperation,
approval, or direct knowledge (most commonly this takes
the form of advertising).
C 400
What are independent expenditures?
C 400
List four activities that interest groups engage in.
C 500
What is to 1) generate dramatic newspaper headlines 2) mobilize a big
letter writing campaign 3) stage a protest demonstration, 4) file a suit in Federal
Court, 5) supply credible information to key legislators 6) testifying in
congressional hearings 7) making contributions to PACs, 8) taking
congressmen to dinner (now restricted) 9) working on campaigns 10) endorsing
candidatesC 500
This type of party has only one main focus.
D 100
What is a single-issue party.
D 100
This is the role the Green party played in the 2000
Presidential election.
D 200
What is spoiler?
D 200
This was the candidate that was blamed for influencing
the outcome of the 2000 Presidential election.
D 300
Who was Ralph Nader?
D 300
This is probably the most positive and important
function of minor parties.
D 400
What is being an innovator, bringing new ideas to the
forefront, pushing the envelope, tackling
controversial issues?
D 400
These are three reasons why we have a two-party dominated system.
D 500
What is :
1). Historical basis
2.) tradition
3.) electoral rules- winner-take-all, single member districts,
plurality winners
4.) ideological moderation/closeness of
Americans D 500
This effect can help the President’s party win
elections when he has high approval ratings.
E 100
What are the presidential coattails?
E 100
In this type of primary, voters may pick one candidate for
each office without regard to party affiliation.
E 200
What is a free-love or blanket primary?
E 200
This is the difference between a person who votes
in a primary and one who only votes in general
elections.
E 300
What is being more partisan, extreme (more liberal or
conservative than the general population)?
E 300
These are the 3 faces of the party.
E 400
What is the
party in the electorate
party organization
party officeholders?
E 400
List at least 4 sources of campaign contributions.
E 500
What are•Small donors (individuals)
•Wealthy donors (individuals)
•The candidates themselves
•Political Action Committees
•Fundraising events
•Temporary organizations (527s)
•Public monies/financing (for Presidential campaigns only!)
E 500
In the Senate ________ seats are up for grabs every two
years.
F 100
What is 1/3?
F 100
These folks draw the district lines within states during a
reapportionment.
F 200
What is the state legislatures?
F 200
This term means political activity that originates with
the people.
F 300
What is grassroots?
F 300
This Supreme Court Case allowed candidates to spend as much of their own money
on their campaigns as an expression of free speech.
F 400
What is Buckley v Valeo?
F 400
List 3 limitations set by law regarding Gerrymandering.
F 500
1.) Must not be a racial gerrymander
2.) must have a contiguous border
3.) must be of approximately same size (population)
4.) must not dilute minority vote
5.) must be compact in size
6.) must not split up a traditional community of interest
F 500
The Final Jeopardy Category is:
“critical elections”
Please record your wager.
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Name at least two major historical party realignments:
You must list the precipitating event/conditions
And
Which party gained new members
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What were:Slavery-
Republican party created in support of abolition….Republican party took voters from
Democratic party over this issue
The Great Depression-
Economic hardship caused many Republicans to switch to Democratic party in support of
government safety net programs
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