american govt vocab quiz review

law or constitutional amendment proposed and passed by the voters and subject to review by the state courts; also called a proposition

• delegate

• initiative

• candidate

• running partner

the current holder of a political office

• delegate

• recall

• incumbent

• candidate

a campaign run by political action committees and other organizations without the coordination of the candidate

• shadow campaign

• platform

• winner take all system

• top-two primary

all electoral votes for a state are given to the candidate who wins the most votes in that state

• concurring system

• unanimous system

• winner-take-all system

• top-two primary

the result when a popular presidential candidate helps candidates from the same party win their own elections

• coattail effect

• referendum

• primary effect

• recall

the set of issues important to the political party and the party delegates

• running opinion

• platform

• caucus

• registration

voters who belong to political parties that tend not to be competitive in national elections because they are too small to become a majority or because of the Electoral College system distribution in their state

• major minority

• liberal minority

• moderate liberalism

• chronic minority

the constitutionally created group of individuals, chosen by the states, with the responsibility of formally selecting the next U.S. president

• Grand Jury

• electoral college

• voter bank

• voter pool

a yes or no vote by citizens on a law or candidate proposed by the state government

• referendum

• legislation

• bill

• law

the result when a voter stops voting for offices and initiatives at the bottom of a long ballot

• voter fatigue

• poll fatigue

• legislative fatigue

• ballot fatigue