Homewood Rush gov elections and voting
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 Party out of power | tends to monitor actions of party in control of Congress or White House |
| split-ticket voting | dividing votes among candidates from each of the major parties |
| split-ticket voting | demonstrates weakening power of traditional two-party system |
| minor parties | often play a spoiler role in American politics |
| minor parties | often influence major parties to adopt their ideas |
| ideological party | socialist party |
| economic protest party | Greenback party, Reform party |
| splinter party | "Bull Moose Party" |
| splinter party | Dixiecrat Party |
| single interest party | Right to Life party |
| single interest party | Prohibition Party |
| 18 | minimum age to vote |
| convicted felons | may be stripped of the right to vote |
| 30 days | maximum legal residency requirement for voters |
| citizenship | legal voting requirement |
| poll tax | illegal voting requirement |
| registration | legal voting requirement designed to prevent voter fraud |
| 15 | amendment that gave right to vote to African-American men |
| 19 | gave suffrage to women in U.S. |
| 24 | abolished poll tax |
| 26 | right to vote fr 18 year olds |
| 17 | allowed direct election of Senators by the people |
| Voting Rights Act of 1965 | suspended the use of literacy tests as a requirement for voters |
| apathy | most significant reason for non-voting in U.S. today |
| open primary | all voters may vote without choosing party affiliation ahead of time |
| closed primary | only registered party members may vote |
| open primary | type of primary held in Alabama |
| coattail effect | when a strong candidate draws votes to other candidates of the same party |
| scientific poliing | most accurate measure of public opinion |
| straw polls | polling without choosing an accurate sample |
| PAC | financial arm of special interest group |
| direct primary | selects delegates for convention and indicates preference of voters for candidate |
| special interest group | organizes people interested in same cause, provides them information, seeks to influence policy makers on their behalf |
| voluntary participation | How does one become a member of a political party? |
| functions of the major parties | nominate, insure good performance in office, conducting government |
| independent voters | increasing in number as Americans identify with neither major party |
| union members | tend to vote Democrat |
| Protestants | tend to vote Republican |
| white males | more likely to vote Republican |
| business community | more likely to vote Democrat |
| poor Americans | more likely to vote Democrat |
| conflicts over Constitution | sparked the formation of the first two political parties |
| short | common life span of single issue parties |
| registration | required to prevent fraudulent voting |
| biggest contribution of minor parties | cause major parties to absorb their ideas |
| expansion of suffrage | has been accomplished through amendments and civil rights acts |
| prevented African Americans from voting | literacy tests, poll taxes, threats |
| apathy | common cause of nonvoting |
| long term illness or difficulty in registering | common cause of nonvoting |
| religious or literacy | no longer allowed as criteria for voting |
| closed primary | only declared party members may vote |
| precinct | smallest geographic unit for conducting an election |
| tv ads | most costly campaign item |
| PACS | may give no more than $5,000 in an election to any one candidate |
| PACS | contribute funds to congressional and presidential campaigns but may raise money for other things |
| scientific polls | most reliable measure of public opinion |
| straw polls | not a reliable measure of public opinion |
| family | most important agent for political socialization |
| television | primary source of information for voters |
| polls | taken to determine people's attitudes and viewpoints |
| poll | have a margin of error so are only indicators of possible outcomes |
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