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| A primary in which voters can vote for the Democratic candidates, the Republican candidates, or some from each party | ||
| A primary election in which voters must first declare to which party they belong | ||
| The tendency of lesser-known or weaker candidates to profit from the presence on the ticket of stronger candidate | ||
| A means of soliciting funds from millions of people | ||
| An election used to fill an elective office | ||
| Drawing a district in some bizarre or unusual manner in order to create an electoral advantage | ||
| The person currently in office | ||
| A voter describing herself or himself as neither a Democrat nor a Republican | ||
| Ordinary advertising for or against candidates but not coordinated with or made at their direction | ||
| A primary in which voters can vote for the candidates of either the Democratic or the Republican party | ||
| The result of having districts of very unequal size | ||
| A group legally able to solicit campaign contributions from individuals within an organization and, under certain restrictions, to funnel these to candidates for office | ||
| An issue dividing the electorate on which rival parties adopt different policy positions to attract voters | ||
| A primary held to select delegates to the presidential nominating conventions of the major parties | ||
| An election intended to select a party's candidates for elective office | ||
| Voting for a candidate because one favors his or her ideas for addressing issues after the election | ||
| Voting for the candidate or party in office because one likes or dislikes how things have gone in the recent past | ||
| A primary in which, to be successful, the candidate must receive a majority of all votes cast in that race | ||
| Can be given to the parties in limitless amounts so long as it is not used to back candidates by name | ||
| The tendency for newly elected members of Congress to become strong in their districts very quickly | ||
| Short television advertisements used to promote a candidate for government office | ||
| Televised pictures showing nothing more than individuals speaking | ||
| An issue on which voters distinguish rival parties by the degree to which they associate each party with conditions or goals that the electorate universally supports or opposes | ||
| A filmed episode showing a candidate doing something newsworthy |
