POLS102Exam2
Chapter 4 Vocab
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- Turnout (p75)
- number of voters come toparticipate in an election - proportion of voting-age public that votes.
- One Party state (pg 71)
- One party wins all or nearly all the offices - 2nd party usually recieves only 1/3 or less the popular vote
- closed party primary (pg74)
- Only voters who are registered in the party can vote in the partys primary. Partisains prefer closed primaries
- two-party state (pg 71)
- Rep and Democrats can regularly assemble winning majorities - Indiana, Illinois, Missouri
- Blanket primary (P74)
- Montana, Wash, Calif allowed voters to vote for more than one party in the same primary election. Encouraging you to vote for the best candidate - some say it weakens parties. Unconsitutional violate right to political association.
- redistricting (pg 69)
- legislatures realign congressional and state legislative distric boundaries to make them equal in population and reflect population changes.
- Straight ticket (pg 63)
- voters have to work way through state constitutional amendments, referendums and initiatives on the ballot
- Issue Advocacy (pg 67)
- an interest group attacks some political candidates or supports others but doesn't tell voters to vote for or against that individual.
- party column ballot (pg 62)
- Also known as Indiana ballot - encourages party-line voting, organized by parties, lists all candidates running with party
- Split ticket voting (pg 63)
- Voting for candidates from more than one party
- Party Caucus (Pg 69)
- A meeting of party leaders and legislators to discuss part policy.
- Soft Money (pg 67)
- money from the national congressional and senatorial campaign committees to local candidates for US Senate or House involved competitive races - can be disclosed and in unlimited amounts all but connecticut permits this money for their local candidates.
- Disclosure (pg76)
- statements specify where money for campaign finance came from - Interest groups tell where their money went and later when elected personal wealth is disclosed to reveal conflicts of interests.
- Office Block ballot (pg 63)
- (Massachusetss ballot) lists candidates running togetehre in a block - another office in another block and so on.
- Open party primary (p74)
- Any voter can participate in any partys primary Wisconsin (California said no to this in 2004)
- crossing over voting (p74)
- Allowing voters from outside the party to help determine the partys nominee (Partisains prefer closed primaries)
- Louisiana system of primaries (75)
- all candidates run in a single elction. A runoff for a tie - both candidates could be from the same party.