Nunney Ch.8 Vocab
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- Prospective Voting
- Voting for a candidate b/c his/her ideas for addressing issues after elected
- Political Action Committee
- Group legally able to solicit campaign contributions from indiv. w/in an organization and funnel $ to candidates under restrictions
- Position Issue
- Issue that divides electorate b/t parties based on policy positions
- Valence Issue
- Issue which voters distinguish party positions based on their association with conditions/goals that are universally supported
- Gen. Election
- Election to fill an elective office
- Closed Primary
- Primary in which must first declare a party
- Sophmore Surge
- Tendency for new congressman to become strong in their districts fast
- Pres. Primary
- Primary to choose delegates to the pres. nominating conventions
- Soft $
- $ given to parties in limitless amts. as long as not spec. used to back candidate
- Runoff Primary
- Primary in which winner must get a majority of votes
- malapportionment
- result of having districts of unequal sizes
- retrospective voting
- Voting for candidate based on how things have gone in recent past
- Gerrymandering
- Drawing districts in unusual way for an electoral advantage
- Direct Mail
- Means of soliciting funds from millions ppl.
- Independent
- Person who doesn't identify as Dem or Repub.
- Coattails
- Tendency for lesser-known/weaker candidate to benefit from the presence of a stronger candidate on the ticket
- Spots
- TV ads to promote a candidate
- Blanket Primary
- Primary in which can vote for D, R or some from both parties
- Incumbent
- Person currently in office
- Independent Expenditures
- Ordinary advertising for/against candidate but not coordinated with a candidate
- Visual
- Filmed episodes showing candidate doing something newsworthy
- Talking Heads
- Televised pictures that only show ppl. speaking
- Open Primary
- Primary in which can vote for D or R candidates
- Primary Election
- An election to select a party's candidates for office