Chapter 9 Govt
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 Electoral College | when you vote for president your voting for electors who will cast their ballots in this.. (selected during each election year by the states political parties, each state has as many electoral votes as it has senators and reps. The winner take all system is in place to determine the winner EXCEPT MAINE NEBRASKA) The one with the Majority vote or 270 of the votes is winner |
| caucuses | a meeting held to choose political candidate or delegates |
| primary elections | a new way to choose candidates in which voters go to polls to decide among candidates who seek the nomination of their party |
| direct primary | voters cast their ballots directly for candidates |
| closed primary | only party members can vote to choose that partys candidates, and they may vote only in the primary of their own party |
| open primary | voters can vote for a parties candidates regardless of wether they belong to a party |
| Top Two Primary | A primary system adopted in California saying that political parties still have right to designate preferred candidates, but endorsements dont appear on the ballet |
| Front Loading | a strategy in the presedential election that allows you move the date of their primary to earlier in the year in an effort to make their primaries prominent in the media and influential in political process |
| campaign strategy | the plan developed by a candidate and his or her advisers for winning an election |
| Political Consultant | a political adviser who for a fee works on an area of a candidates campaign |
| Bipartisan Campaign Reform | the act or law that banned soft money |
| Battle Ground State | a state where voters were not clearly leaning toward either major candidate leading up to the elections(these decide the outcome) |
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