Unit 3 Flashcards

5467610104	decreasing in number, give millions of dollars to candidates, seek to influence elections and public policies	truths about PACs	0
5467610105	Donkey	animal that represents the Democratic party	1
5467610106	Elephant	animal that represents the Republican party	2
5467610107	the start of the two party system	the struggle for the ratification of the Constitution	3
5467610108	the major role of 3rd parties	spoiler of big parties	4
5467610109	membership of a party	inexpensive and not costing much	5
5467610110	functions of a political party	nomination candidates for office, uniting people who agree about public policy, keep the public informed on key issues through the media	6
5467610111	splinter party	reform party or Dixiecrat party	7
5467610112	political parties	share similar views and seek to carry them out by winning elections	8
5467610113	The Rents Too Damn High Party	single issue minor party	9
5467610114	Most PACs are	Business related	10
5467610115	middle of the road	where most political parties stay to attract voters	11
5467610116	presidential primaries	where the two major parties nominate candidates for president formally voted for	12
5467610117	examples of 3rd parties	ideological, splinter, economic protest	13
5467610118	Ross Perot	3rd party candidate that played a major role in the 1992 and 1996 election	14
5467610119	neither right or left	many voters consider themselves on this part of the spectrum	15
5467610120	primaries	screen out weaker candidates within a party to select a candidate for the general election	16
5467610121	Democratic platforms	higher taxes, pro-choice, pro-same sex marriage	17
5467610122	Republican platforms	lower taxes, pro-life, pro-business	18
5467610123	Iowa and New Hampshire	during the primaries, the most important states are	19
5467610124	Incumbents	most PACs give money to this candidate	20
5467610125	divided government	when one party controls the legislative branch and the other controls the the executive branch	21
5467610126	unions	Democrats support this group	22
5467610127	platforms	listing the beliefs of a party	23
5467610128	precinct	the physical place where people go and vote	24
5467610129	hard money	donations made DIRECTLY to the candidates	25
5467610130	coattailing	when a major candidate in a party helps the popularity of a lesser know candidate in the same party	26
5467610131	open and closed	the two types of primaries	27