4490924711 | Importance of 3rd Parties | Bring issues to national attention | 0 | |
4490952976 | Things that influence your political opinion | family, school, work, friends.. | 1 | |
4490959875 | 4 things done at the national nominating convention | party platform, selecting candidate, VP candidate, speeches | 2 | |
4490974583 | Most important factor when choosing a VP running mate | bring votes | 3 | |
4491001080 | mass media | radio, TV, newspapers, internet, et | ![]() | 4 |
4491003934 | caucuses | meeting of political party leaders | 5 | |
4491007738 | precinct | local voting district | 6 | |
4491009811 | propaganda | ideas & techniques used to try to influence voters | ![]() | 7 |
4491030527 | polls | where you go to vote | 8 | |
4491033412 | electoral college | actual system used to elect the President | 9 | |
4491035271 | keynote speaker | important people who address delegates at the National Convention | 10 | |
4491047849 | plank | political party's stance on a single issue | 11 | |
4491049002 | coalition | when 2 or more parties govern together | 12 | |
4491059586 | Donkey | Democrat Party symbol | ![]() | 13 |
4491062306 | Elephant | Republican Party symbol | ![]() | 14 |
4491069409 | When General Election is | November: 1st Tuesday after 1st Monday | 15 | |
4491080437 | straight ticket | voting for all the candidates of one political party | ![]() | 16 |
4491135063 | Primary | Election a candidate needs to generally win if they want to win the general election | 17 | |
4491148775 | George Washington | non-partisan; President with no political party | ![]() | 18 |
4491154726 | TV | the most important mode of media over the last several decades | 19 | |
4491159894 | Number of Electors per state | = Representatives + Senators | 20 | |
4491168051 | 1st Presidential Caucus | Iowa | 21 | |
4491177171 | important job of political party at all levels | raise money for the candidates | 22 | |
4491185306 | GOP | Grand Old Party - Republicans | 23 | |
4491187038 | DFL | MN Democrats | 24 | |
4491196061 | Type of Primary in MN | open | 25 | |
4491200008 | Most important party committee | local | 26 | |
4491203667 | delegate | person chosen to go to the National Convention | 27 | |
4491210115 | 1st Presidential Primary | New Hampshire | 28 | |
4491213315 | Why electoral college was set up | feared general public was not educated enough | 29 | |
4491227376 | Andrew Jackson | 1st Democrat President | ![]() | 30 |
4491227378 | Abraham Lincol | 1st Republican President | ![]() | 31 |
4491241356 | major 3rd parties in the US | Reform, Bull Moose (progressive), Populist, Independence | 32 | |
4491363228 | glittering generalities | vague statements everyone will agree with | 33 | |
4491363229 | endorsements | famous people speaking on behalf of the candidate | 34 | |
4491363230 | caucus | A meeting of local party members to choose party officials or candidates for public office | 35 | |
4491364646 | bias | The subtle presence of a positive or negative approach toward a topic. | 36 | |
4491364647 | incumbant | President already in office running for re-election | 37 | |
4491385930 | platform | a series of statements expressing the party's principles, beliefs, and positions on election issues | 38 | |
4491394158 | Federalist | political party that believed in a strong central government | 39 | |
4498902566 | more conservative party | Republican | 40 | |
4498902567 | more liberal party | Democat | 41 | |
5086032097 | steps to becoming President | declare candidacy, campaign, primaries & caucuses, convention, nominee, campaign, election, electoral college, inauguration | 42 |
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