Unit 4 AP Government Review Part 1

The political arm of an interest group that is legally entitled to raise money in order to contribute funds to candidates or political parties.

• 527 Groups
• Independent expenditures
• PACs
• SuperPACs

Their primary goal is to win elections.

• Interest Groups
• Political Parties
• 527 Groups
• PACs

Their primary goal is to influence public policy.

• Interest Groups
• Political Parties
• 527 Groups
• PACs

Which of these is mentioned in the Constitution?

• Interest Groups
• Political Parties
• The Electoral College
• PACs

Money that candidates can spend on their own campaigns was declared unconstitutional in which Supreme Court case?

• Buckley v. Valeo
• Citizens United v. FEC
• Bush v. Gore
• Planned Parenthood v. Casey

Periods where a sharp and lasting shift occurs in the popular coalition supporting one or both parties.

• Dealignment
• Party polarization
• Coattail effect
• Realigning ("critical") election

Linkage institutions include all of the following EXCEPT...

• Interest Groups
• Political Parties
• Domestic Policy
• Mass Media

A primary in which only registered members of a particular political party can vote.

• Closed Primary
• Open Primary
• Runoff Primary
• Blanket Primary

A primary in which voters can vote for the candidates of either the Democratic or the Republican primary.

• Closed primary
• Open primary
• Runoff primary
• Blanket primary

A delegate to the Democratic national convention who is there by virtue of being a current or former elected official.

• Incumbent
• Superdelegate
• Elitist
• Pluralist