Unit 3 Vocab Quiz - Linkage Institutions

a consistent set of beliefs a person has about what the government should and shouldn't do (i.e. conservative, liberal)

• political ideology

• political culture

• political socialization

• linkage institutions

"friend of the court" brief filed by an interest group to influence a Supreme Court decision

• Endorsements

• Electioneering

• amicus curiae brief

• habeas corpus

Voting for one party for one office and for another party for other offices. Frequent among independent voters.

• Party-line voting

• Ticket splitting

• Straight ticket voting

• Independent voting

The displacement of the majority party by the minority party OR when a party sees a major shift in the allegiance of voters

• party realignment

• party dealignment

• divided government

• majority alignment

large PACs that can carry out unlimited independent expenditures (as long as they don't formally coordinate with a candidate's campaign). Created as a response to the Citizens United v. FEC ruling

• PACs

• Soft Money Donations

• 401k

• Super PACs

Decision by the Supreme Court, holding that corporations' independent expenditures are free speech protected by the 1st Amendment and so cannot be limited by federal law.

• Buckley v. Valeo

• Bipartisan Campaign Reform Act

• Citizens United v. FEC

• McConnell v. FEC

The belief that one's political participation really matters - that one's vote can actually make a difference

• Voter apathy

• Political dealignment

• Political efficacy

• Political disengagement

Voters must declare their party affiliation in advance of the election in order to vote in the primary

• Closed primary

• Open primary

• Caucus

• Blanket primary

Established the direct election of senators (instead of being chosen by state legislatures)

• 19th Amendment

• 17th Amendment

• 23rd Amendment

• 26th Amendment

Gives Washington DC electoral college votes as if it were a state (3 electoral votes)

• 23rd amendment

• 24th amendment

• 15th amendment

• 26th amendment