AP US Government Campaign and Elections

An organization that has an IRS code designation that raises and spends money to advance political causes.

• 527 organization
• 501 (c)(3) organization
• 501 (c) (4) organization
• SuperPacs

Financial donations with specific limits made to campaign committees or political parties by individuals or PACS.

• Hard money
• soft money
• donations
• free money

Court case that ruled that the funding of independent broadcasts advocating for/against a candidate cannot be limited under the first amendment.

• Citizens United v FEC
• McCutcheon v FEC
• Buckely v Valeo
• BCRA v FECA

Contributions to this organization are tax deductible.

• 501 (c) (3)
• 501 (c) (4)
• SuperPACs
• PACS

drawing the boundaries of legislative districts in bizarre or unusual shapes to favor one party

• gerrymandering
• lizarding
• snaking around
• sleazymandering

the alleged tendency of candidates to win more votes in an election because of the presence of the top of the ticket of a better-known candidate, such as the president

• coattails
• positioning
• surging
• backdooring

spending by political action committees, corporations, or labor unions to help a party or candidate but done independently of them

• independent expenditure
• 501 (c) (4) expenditure
• SuperPAC expenditure
• candidate expenditure

a committee set up by a corporation, labor union, or interest group that raises and spends campaign money from voluntary donations

• PAC
• Super PAC
• Incumbent group
• 527 organization

drawing the boundaries of legislative districts to so that they are unequal in population

• malapportionment
• gerrymandering
• disapportionment
• lizardmandering

the person who already holds elected office

• incumbent
• candidate
• sophomore
• important