AP Civics Ch. 9 Flashcards

7921621520	Air Wars	The fact that modern campaigns are often a battle of opposing televised advertising campaigns.	0
7921630205	Candidate- Centered Politics	Election campaigns and other political processes in which candidates, not political parties, have the initiative and influence.	1
7921701797	Hard Money	Campaign contributions donated directly to candidates	2
7921725351	Hired Guns	A term that refers to the professional consultants who run campaigns for high office	3
7921737906	Money Chase	Describes the fact that the U.S. campaigns are very expensive and that candidates must spend a great deal of time raising funds in order to compete successfully	4
7921767077	Nomination	The action of nominating or state of being nominated.	5
7921779256	Packaging (of a candidate)	In modern campaigning, the process of recasting a candidate's record into an appealing image.	6
7921798087	Party-Centered Politics	Election campaigns and other political processes in which political parties, not candidates, have the initiative and influence.	7
7921816763	Party Organizations	The party organizational units at national, state, and local levels	8
7921829466	Primary Election	A form of election in which votes choose a party's nominee for public office; in most primaries, eligibility to vote is limited to voters who are registered members of the party.	9
7921861694	Service Relationship	The situation where party organizations assist candidates for office, but have no power to require them to accept or campaign on the party's main policy positions.	10
7921887962	Soft Money	Money raised, not subject to legal limits, that is given to a political party for general purposes rather than giving directly to a candidate.	11