Elections Flashcards

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