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Scatter: AP Gov - Chapter 9

Campaign strategy
the master game plan candidates lay out to guide their electoral campaign
National party convention
the supreme power within each of the parties. The convention meets every four years to nominate the party's presidential and vice presidential candidates and to write the party's platform.
Presidential primaries
election in which voters in a state vote for a candidate. Most delegates to the national party conventions are chosen this way
McGovern-Fraser Commission
a commission formed at the 1968 Democratic convention in response to demands for reform by minority groups and others who sought better representation
Super delegates
National party leaders who automatically get a delegate slot the democratic national party convention
Frontloading
the recent tendency of states to hold primaries early in the calendar in order to capitalize on media attention
Party platform
a political party's statement of its goals and policies for the next four years. The platform is drafted prior to the party convention by a committee whose members are chosen in rough proportion to each candidate's strength. It is the best formal statement of a party's beliefs
Federal campaign act
a law passed in 1974 for reforming campaign finances. The act created the federal election commission. Provided public financing for presidential primaries and general elections, limited presidential campaign spending, required disclosure, and attempted to limited contributions.
Federal Election commission
a six member bipartisan agency created by the federal election campaign act of 1974. The FEC administers the campaign finance laws and enforces compliance with their requirements
Soft money
political contributions earmarked for party-building expenses at the grass-roots level or the part advertising. Unlike money that goes to the campaign of a particular candidate, such party donations are not subject to contribution limits
Political Action Committee
funding vehicles created by the 1974 campaign finance reforms. A corporation, union, or some other interest group can create a PAC and register it with the federal election commission FEC
Select perception
the phenomenon that people often pay the most attention to things they already agree with and interpret them according to their own predispositions

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Campaign strategythe master game plan candidates lay out to guide their electoral campaign
Federal Election commissiona six member bipartisan agency created by the federal election campaign act of 1974. The FEC administers the campaign finance laws and enforces compliance with their requirements
Federal campaign acta law passed in 1974 for reforming campaign finances. The act created the federal election commission. Provided public financing for presidential primaries and general elections, limited presidential campaign spending, required disclosure, and attempted to limited contributions.
Frontloadingthe recent tendency of states to hold primaries early in the calendar in order to capitalize on media attention
McGovern-Fraser Commissiona commission formed at the 1968 Democratic convention in response to demands for reform by minority groups and others who sought better representation
National party conventionthe supreme power within each of the parties. The convention meets every four years to nominate the party's presidential and vice presidential candidates and to write the party's platform.
Party platforma political party's statement of its goals and policies for the next four years. The platform is drafted prior to the party convention by a committee whose members are chosen in rough proportion to each candidate's strength. It is the best formal statement of a party's beliefs
Political Action Committeefunding vehicles created by the 1974 campaign finance reforms. A corporation, union, or some other interest group can create a PAC and register it with the federal election commission FEC
Presidential primarieselection in which voters in a state vote for a candidate. Most delegates to the national party conventions are chosen this way
Select perceptionthe phenomenon that people often pay the most attention to things they already agree with and interpret them according to their own predispositions
Soft moneypolitical contributions earmarked for party-building expenses at the grass-roots level or the part advertising. Unlike money that goes to the campaign of a particular candidate, such party donations are not subject to contribution limits
Super delegatesNational party leaders who automatically get a delegate slot the democratic national party convention
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