1. Words You
Should Know
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2. Registered organizations to campaigns and causes
that donate money
to campaigns and causes
in the hopes of getting
laws passed that favor
their beliefs

3. Political
Action
Committees
(PACs)

4. Whether a
campaign uses
positive or
negative ads

5. Tone

6. registered party voter and candidates in your party
Type of primary
where you must be a
registered party voter and
can only vote for
candidates in your party

7. Closed
Primary

8. Regulated money
that is donated
directly to
a campaign

9. Hard
Money

10. Voting for
candidates from
different parties

11. Split
Ticket
Voting

12. formation of these groups which allow corporations
The Citizens United
case allowed for the
formation of these groups
which allow corporations
to endorse candidates, spend
lots of money, and not
report it to the FEC

13. Super
PACs

14. in which an Independent can vote for a candidate
Type of primary
in which an Independent
can vote for a candidate
from any political party

15. Blanket
Primary

16. party members that determines who the candidate for the
A meeting of political
party members that determines
who the candidate for the
party will be

17. Caucus

18. Name all 4 T’s
of campaigning

19. Timing
Theme
Tone
Target

20. When states move
their primary dates
forward forcing
candidates to
campaign early

21. Front
Loading

22. Election that
causes a
dramatic change in
the political system

23. Critical
(Realigning)
Election

24. 1st step
in running
for President

25. Get your
name
known

26. How long we
have to wait until
we know whether or
not an election is
a critical election

27. No set length,
but usually it’s
several years

28. Act that created
the Federal
Election Commission

29. FECA

30. Both state laws
and party rules
govern this type of
election

31. Primary
Election

32. Money plays a
HUGE role in the
election of these
candidates

33. Congressional
Candidates

34. money has to be reported
Almost all campaign
money has to be reported
to the FEC and to
this group

35. The
IRS

36. These candidates
get the most
PAC money

37. Incumbents who
have voted in
favor of the
PAC’s beliefs

38. organizations who don’t have to disclose the names
Type of money
raised by 501c4
organizations who don’t
have to disclose the names
of their donors

39. Dark
Money

40. The main reason
why a presidential
candidate may not
take federal
matching funds

41. Limits on how
much they can
spend are too
strict

42. Besides not
being registered,
why is voter turnout
so low in the U.S.?

43. We don’t care
(apathy/ignorance/
or cynicism)

44. Voters tend
to remember this
type of spot best

45. Negative

46. that describe these states
Small town, religious,
conservative, and
Republican are terms
that describe these states

47. Red
States

48. The Willie Horton
ad helped get this man
elected President

49. George
H.W.
Bush

50. type of election because the Dems gained power for 8 years
The 1992 election was this
type of election because the
Dems gained power for 8 years
after 12 years of Rep. rule

51. Deviating
Election

52. Both parties need
to attract this type
of voter in order
to win

53. Swing
Voters

54. Voting based on
how well the
economy is doing

55. Pocketbook
Vote

56. This party tends
to sway the
Independent vote

57. Republicans

58. An issue that
is universally
agreed upon, such
as low crime rates

59. Valence
Issue

60. the most registered voters a straight ticket, this party
If the party with
the most registered voters
got them to always vote
a straight ticket, this party
would always win

61. Democrats

62. Double
Jeopardy!!

63. Words You
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64. Type of issue
that divides the
electorate, such as
abortion or capital
punishment

65. Position
Issue

66. Accountants, lawyers, pollsters, and others that a candidate
must have prior to raising any
money for the campaign

67. Campaign
Organization

68. Unlimited and unregulated funds used for party activities
that are not supposed to go
to the candidate’s campaign

69. Soft
Money

70. more popular politician
Getting elected
because you align
yourself with a
more popular politician

71. Riding the
Coattails

72. voting bloc switches to become Independents or
This occurs when a
voting bloc switches to
become Independents or
non-voters

73. Party
Dealignment

74. A simple idea
that can be
repeated throughout
a campaign

75. Theme

76. Late 20th and 21st
century campaigns
focus on this
instead of the party

77. The individual
candidate

78. intervenes in an election
Organization that
intervenes in an election
but doesn’t support a
particular candidate

79. 527
Organization

80. campaign expenditures
SC decision that
limited campaign
contributions but not
campaign expenditures

81. Buckley v.
Valeo

82. What’s the difference
between a campaign
contribution and a
campaign expenditure?

83. directly to the candidate; Expenditure is what the
Contribution goes
directly to the candidate;
Expenditure is what the
campaign spends

84. Voting based on
how things went
in the past

85. Retrospective
Voting

86. Give the 2 main
reasons why 1980
is NOT a
critical election

87. Divided Gov’t
&
Retrospective
Voting

88. where the candidate has to take moderate positions and
Type of election
where the candidate has to
take moderate positions and
debate with rival candidates
from the opposing party

89. General
Election

90. Primary where
a registered
Democrat can vote
a straight
Republican ticket

91. Open
Primary

92. Key issue in the
1896 election that
helped to make it a
critical election

93. Economy
(Rise of the
Populists)

94. How much do you
have to raise in
donations of $250 or less
in order to get
matching funds?

95. $5000 in each of
20 states for a
total of $100,000

96. Opponents of the
BCRA often argued
that it violated BOTH
of these amendments

97. 1st
and
10th
amendments

98. Name both
sponsors of the
BCRA

99. John McCain
&
Russ Feingold

100. FECA was
amended due to
this government
scandal

101. Watergate

102. from contributing directly to campaigns other than their
Act that forbade
public employees
from contributing directly
to campaigns other than their
own campaigns

103. Hatch
Act

104. Type of election that
is often preceded by
a third party revolt

105. Critical
(Realigning)
Election

106. and Democratic are terms used to describe this type of state
Secular, urban, liberal,
and Democratic are terms
used to describe this type of state

107. Blue
State

108. to power after a brief rule
Type of election in
which a party returns
to power after a brief rule
by the opposing party

109. Re-instating
Election

110. Vietnam service during the 2004 Presidential Election
527 group that
attacked John Kerry’s
Vietnam service during the
2004 Presidential Election

111. Swift Boat Veterans
For Truth

112. election is credited with creating our modern parties,
Although the 1932
election is credited with
creating our modern parties,
the movement began when Republicans
began voting with this minor party

113. The Bull
Moose Party

114. retrospective voting is
During peacetime,
retrospective voting is
usually based on these
condidtions

115. Economic
Conditions
(Pocketbook
Voting)

116. Casting a vote
for the least
objectionable
candidate

117. Clothespin
Voting

118. of the Iowa caucuses and
The main criticism
of the Iowa caucuses and
the NH primary

119. IA and NH are
not representative
of the American
people

120. The main reason
why so many states
are frontloading

121. candidates are nominated
To have more
influence on which
candidates are nominated

122. Though several lawsuits were filed, this Senator
led the campaign against
the BCRA

123. Mitch
McConnell
(R-KY)

124. What was the name of Stephen
Final
Jeopardy
What was the name of Stephen
Colbert’s SuperPAC?

125. Americans for a
Better Tomorrow,
Tomorrow