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ELECTIONS LECTURE CAMPAIGN DOLLARS & CENTS WEARING PLATFORMS 10 Point 20 Points 30 Points 40 Points 50 Points 10 Point 20 Points 30 Points 40 Points 50 Points 30 Points 40 Points 50 Points “CAMPAINS” LET’S PARTY
WHAT THE FOUNDING FATHERS THOUGHT ABOUT POLITICAL PARTIES
VEHICLES OF SELF-INTEREST; DISLIKED THEM
PROCESS OF MOVING AWAY FROM PARTY LOYALTY
DEALIGNMENT
TYPE OF ELECTION THAT PRODUCES A MAJOR PARTY REALIGNMENT
CRITICAL ELECTION
ONE ELECTORAL REASON WHY 3 RD PARTIES HAVE LIMITED SUCCESS
EXCLUDED FROM DEBATES; FUNDING RULES; WINNER TAKE ALL RULE IN PRESIDENTIAL ELECTIONS
DEMOCRATS WHO REMAIN UNCOMMITTED UNTIL THE FINAL NOMINATION VOTE
SUPERDELEGATES
WHO DETERMINES CONGRESSIONAL HOUSE DISTRICT BOUNDARIES
STATE LEGISLATURES
IOWA HOLDS THE FIRST ONE
CAUCUS
TYPE OF ISSUE THAT A CANDIDATE EMPHASIZES DURING THE CAMPAIGN
VALENCE
TYPE OF PRIMARY WHICH REQUIRES VOTERS TO BE A REGISTERED PARTY MEMBER
CLOSED PRIMARY
SETTING CONGRESSIONAL BOUNDARIES OF AN UNEQUAL SIZE - - POPULATION
MALAPPORTION- MENT
FIRST STATE TO HOLD THEIR PRIMARY
NEW HAMPSHIRE
PEOPLE PERCEIVED THAT THIS CANDIDATE WON THE 1960 PRESIDENTIAL DEBATE ON TV
JOHN F. KENNEDY
ORGANIZATION THAT OVERSEES CAMPAIGN DONATIONS
FEDERAL ELECTIONS COMMISSION
3 WAYS CAMPAIGNS ARE FUNDED
INDIVIDUALS, PACs, PUBLIC FUNDS
MAXIMUM AMOUNT AN INDIVIDUAL CAN CONTRIBUTE TO THEIR OWN CAMPAIGN
UNLIMITED
MAXIMUM AMOUNT AN INDIVIDUAL CAN CONTRIBUTE TO A CANDIDATE’S CAMPAIGN
$2600
MAXIMUM AMOUNT A CONNECTED PAC CAN CONTRIBUTE TO A CANDIDATE’S CAMPAIGN
$5000
UNLIMITED FUNDS THAT COULD BE DONATED TO THE NATIONAL PARTY AND PASSED ON TO A CANDIDATE
SOFT MONEY
UNAFFILIATED GROUPS THAT SPEND MONEY ON POLITICAL ADVERTISING
INDEPENDENT EXPENDITURES
2003 COURT CASE THAT UPHELD THE MCCAIN FEINGOLD ACT
McCONNELL v. FEC
PERSON CURRENTLY IN OFFICE & SEEKING REELECTION
INCUMBENT
TWO GROUPS THAT TRADITIONALLY SUPPORT DEMOCRATS
AFRICAN AMERICANS, LABOR UNIONS, URBAN VOTERS
TWO GROUPS THAT TRADITIONALLY SUPPORT REPUBLICANS
WHITE SOUTHERNERS, EVANGELICAL CHRISTIANS, SUBURBAN VOTERS
DEFINE AND GIVE AN EXAMPLE OF DIVIDED GOVERNMENT
1 PARTY CONTROLS 1 BRANCH WHILE OTHER MAJOR PARTY CONTROLS ANOTHER BRANCH
ONE REASON WHY IT WOULD BE DIFFICULT TO ABOLISH THE ELECTORAL COLLEGE
NEED TO AMEND CONSTITUTITION; APPROVED BY ¾ OF THE STATES
Make your wager
TWO STATES THAT DO NOT USE THE WINNER TAKE ALL SYSTEM OF THE ELECTORAL COLLEGE
MAINE, NEBRASKA