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4. The first presidential primary of the campaign season

5. What is New Hampshire?

6. ________ is a party's official selection of a candidate to run for office.

7. What is a nomination?

8. The dates of the different Presidential primaries are established by

9. What are the states or state laws?

10. The process of holding the primary or caucus earlier and earlier

11. What is frontloading?

12. Money donated to parties rather than candidates, thus not subject to contribution or spending limits.

13. What is soft money?

14. These are committees organized by interest groups to channel money to parties & candidates

15. What are PACs?

16. According to this court case a candidate can spend as much money as he/she wants on their own campaign

17. What is Buckley v. Valero?

18. The amount of money a PAC can contribute to a candidate

19. What is $5000?

20. The science of population changes

21. What is demography?

22. In order to insure a sample accurately represents a population, a researcher must follow the principle of

23. What is random sampling?

24. In public opinion polling, a sample as small as around ____________ people can faithfully represent the “universe” of Americans.

25. What is 1,500?

26. This is the number one institutional obstacle to help explain the low voter turnout in the United States

27. What is voter registration?

28. These are selected by state parties, usually as a reward for faithful service to the party over the years

29. What are electorals?

30. This makes up the number of electoral votes from each state

31. What is the number of House Districts & Senators from each state?

32. An election whereby voters are given the chance to approve or disapprove some legislative act or constitutional amendment

33. What is a referendum?

35. American system of government in which politicians are nominated largely on the basis of their qualifications and personal appeal, not party loyalty.

36. What is Candidate-Centered?

37. A belief that one has an obligation to participate in civic and political affairs

38. What is political efficacy?

39. a poll taken by an organization by asking people how they voted in an election as they leave a polling station

40. What is an exit poll?

41. A meeting of party members to select delegates backing one or another primary candidate.

42. What is a Caucus?

43. Party leaders and elected officials who become delegates to the national convention without having to run in primaries or caucuses. (only used by the Democrats)

44. What are super delegates?

45. Largest expenditure in campaign budget for the Presidency

46. What is television advertising?

47. The amount of money an individual can contribute to a Presidential candidate

48. What is $2600?

49. Public monies are used to help finance these types of campaigns

50. What are Presidential campaigns?

51. Required all candidates for federal office to disclose all contributions made to their campaigns

52. What is The Federal Election Campaign Act?