Gov. Chapter 7

A type of primary where only declared party members can vote.

• Open Primary

• Closed Primary

• General Election

• Blanket Primary

A type of primary where any qualified voter can vote.

• Open Primary

• Closed Primary

• General Election

• Blanket Primary

The nomination process is a critically important step in the election process because...

• It's the final step in the election process

• It increases the amount of candidates to vote for

• It limits the choices voters will have

• IT's the only step not controlled by parties

A conference in which party members meet to discuss candidates, then vote on those candidates until they reach a majority consensus.

• Caucus

• Open Primary

• Closed Primary

• Party Convention

Casting a ballot without actually having to go to the polling place.

• absentee ballot

• coattail effect

• precinct voting

• board election

The place where you actually vote.

• polling place

• voting facility

• ballot collections

• voter center

When one popular candidate attracts votes for other candidates in the same party.

• coattail effect

• voter bias

• ballot fatigue

• poll player

Someone who donates money to a campaign

• Contributor

• Political Action Committee

• Hard Campaigner

• Soft Money Donations

An arm of a political interest group that donates large amounts of money to campaigns

• PACs

• Contributors

• Fundraisers

• Corporate Subsidies

Money given DIRECTLY to a campaign/candidate

• hard money

• easy money

• soft money

• big daddy money