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Campaigns, Nominations & Elections (Campaign: work in an organized and…
Campaigns, Nominations & Elections
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Caucus - Locally held meeting in a state to select delegates who will nominate candidates to political offices. They are organized like a pyramid
Presidential Primary - Where voters in a state go to the polls and vote for a candidate or for delegates pledged to the candidate
Blanket Primary - Voters are presented with a list of candidates from all parties and are allowed to pick a candidates from each party
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Runoff Primary - A primary in which, to be successful, the candidate must receive a majority of all votes cast in that race
White Primary - Practice where only Whites could vote in primaries. (declared unconstitutional in Smith v. Allwright 1944)
Regional Primary - A primary that would replace caucuses and presidential primaries with a series of primaries held in each geographic region
National Primary - A form of primary that would replace caucuses and presidential primaries with a nationwide primary held early in election year.
Frontloading - The tendency of states to hold primaries early in the calendar in order to capitalize on media attention
McGovern-Fraser Commission - Formed at the 1968 Democratic Convention in response to demands for reforms by minority groups who sought better representation. Established open procedures and quota requirements for delegate selection
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National Party Convention - A national meeting of delegates elected in primaries, caucuses, or state conventions who assemble once every four years to nominate candidates for president and vice president, ratify the party platform, elect officers, and adopt rules
Election - the process or act in which the population vote for an individual to hold an official position
electoral college - group of electors who are chosen by the people and represent the states by casting votes for the president and vice president
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Voting
Split-ticket voting - Election result in which a congressional district votes for the presidential candidate of one party and the congressional candidate of the other party.
Retrospective Voting - Voting on the basis of how things have gone in the recent past and then voting for the party that controls the White House, if the voter approves of the current administrations performance, or voting against that party if the voter disapproves.
cross-over voting occurs when voters from one party choose to voter for a candidate of another party
Prospective voting - Voting on the basis of a persons view of rival candidates positions on the issues.
Straight Ticket Voting - Voting for candidates who are all for the same party, for example, voting for the republican candidate for senator, representative, and president.
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