American Government: Chapter 7
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15 terms
Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 nomination | the naming of those who will seek office |
| general elections | regularly schedueled elections at which voters make the final selection of office holders |
| caucus | a group of like-minded people who meet to select the candidate they will support in the upcoming election |
| blanket primary | known as the "wide open" primary and has eventually died out; every voter received the same ballot, a long one that listed every candidate, regardless of party, for every nomination to be made at the primary |
| open primary | a party's nominating election in which any qualified voter can cast a ballot |
| closed primary | a party's nominating election in which only declared party members can vote |
| runoff primary | if there is a tie, they hold this between the two top vote getters in the first primary to face one another to determine the party's nomination |
| absentee voting | a process by which they could vote without going to their polling places on election day |
| convention | local districts select delegates to represent them at a higher-level meeting where the nominee is chosen |
| self announcement | person who wants to run for office announces it; oldest form of nominating process |
| presidential primary | election that is held as one part of the process by which presidential candidates are chosen |
| nonpartisan primary | election in which candidates are not identified by party lables |
| coattail effect | occurs when strong candidate running for an office at the top of the ballot helps attract voters to other candidates on the party's ticket |
| office-group ballot | ballot where candidates are grouped by office |
| party-column ballot | ballot where candidates are listed under their party |
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