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| 5486373989 | Incumbent | currently holding an office |  | 0 |
| 5486373990 | Coattails | the alleged tendency of candidates to win more votes in an election because of the presence at the top of the ticket of a better-known candidate, such as the president | 1 | |
| 5486373991 | Front-Loaded Campaign | campaigning heavily in the early primaries (usually if the candidate is relatively unknown) | 2 | |
| 5486373992 | General Election | a national or state election | 3 | |
| 5486373993 | Blanket Primary | Registered voters may vote for candidates from either party on the same primary ballot | 4 | |
| 5486373994 | Runoff Primary | a second primary election held when no candidate wins a majority of the votes in the first primary | 5 | |
| 5486373995 | White Primary | the practice of keeping blacks from voting in the southern states' primaries through arbitrary use of registration requirements and intimidation | 6 | |
| 5486373996 | Federal Election Campaign Act (1974) | A law passed for reforming campaign finance that created the FEC, provided public financing for primaries and general elections, limited presidential campaign spending, required disclosure, and attempted to limit contributions. | 7 | |
| 5486373997 | Federal Election Commission (FEC) | A commission created by the 1974 amendments to the Federal Election Campaign Act to administer election reform laws. It consists of six commissioners appointed by president and confirmed by the Senate. Its duties include overseeing disclosure of campaign finance information and public funding of presidential elections, and enforcing contribution limits. | 8 | |
| 5486373998 | Hard Money | Political contributions given to a party, candidate, or interest group that are limited in amount and fully disclosed. | 9 | |
| 5486373999 | Bipartisan Campaign Reform Act (2002) | Banned soft money contributions to national political parties from corporations and unions; independent expenditures by corporations, labor unions, trade associations, and nonprofit organizations are sharply restricted. | 10 | |
| 5486374000 | 527's | created to influence the nomination, election, appointment or defeat of candidates for public office - permitted to accept contributions in any amount from any source. No Limits. Tax-exempted | 11 | |
| 5486374001 | Split Ticket Voting | Casting votes for candidates of one's own party and for candidates of opposing parties, e.g., voting for a Republican presidential candidate and a Democratic congressional candidate. | 12 | |
| 5486374002 | Straight Ticket Voting | Voting for candidates all of the same party on the same ballot-creates the coattail effect | 13 | |
| 5486374003 | Super Tuesday | Day when several states hold their presidential primaries (usually the second Tuesday in March) | 14 | |
| 5486374004 | Bush v. Gore (2000) | The court ruled that manual recounts of presidential ballots in the Nov. 2000 election could not proceed because inconsistent evaluation standards in different counties violated the equal protection clause, 14th Amendment. In effect, the ruling meant Bush would win the election. | 15 | |
| 5486374005 | McConnell v. FEC (2003) | Upheld the constitutionality of most of the Bipartisan Campaign Reform Act of 2002, but exempted non-profits that didn't coordinate with campaigns | 16 |
