Unit 3 Vocabulary

A _______ is an organization of citizens who wish to influence government by having their members elected to office.

• political party

• PAC

• Caucus

• nominating convention

Which party is seen as more liberal?

• Democrat

• Republican

______ believe in more traditional values.

• liberal

• conservative

• third party

• PAC

A _________ is running for office while a _________ already holds that office.

• candidate, incumbent

• incumbent, candidate

A party's beliefs can be found on its

• platform

• TV show

• caucus

A _______ can raise unlimited funds from individuals but cannot coordinate with the candidate.

• PAC

• Political party

• Super PAC

• nominating convention

__________ are independent of the two major parties.

• caucuses

• Candidates

• Gerrymandering

• Third Parties

A _______ primary is open to any voter.

• run-off

• open

• closed

A _____ primary is open only to a party's voters.

• open

• closed

• run-off

A _______ is a private meeting of a party in which they select their candidate for office.

• caucus

• open primary

• nominating convention

• closed primary