AP Gov Units 4 & 5 Review

The goal of this group is to win elections and hold political office

• Interest Group

• Political Ideology

• Political Party

• Political Action Committee

This occurs when a group of people who used to vote for one party now vote for another

• Critical Election

• Political Machine

• Closed Primary

• Party Realignment

An election that demonstrates a sharp change in who people vote for; often leading to a party realignment

• critical election

• national election

• primary election

• congressional election

This is the idea that whoever wins the MOST votes in an election (even if it's not a majority), wins that position

• run-off election

• pluralist voting

• winner-take-all

• reapportionment

This often leads to gridlock in government

• party polarization

• Electoral College

• Judicial Review

• Necessary & Proper Clause

This is a type of primary election where you do not have to be registered to a particular party to vote for a primary candidate

• Closed Primary

• Open Primary

• Super Tuesday Primary

• Iowa Caucus

You determine the number of votes your state gets for this by combining the total number of your House Representatives + Senators.

• National Convention Delegates

• Caucus

• National Convention Superdelegates

• Electoral College

This process occurs every 10 years after the census to determine how many representatives each state will have in the House of Reps.

• Gerrymandering

• Reapportionment

• Midterm Elections

• Party Realignment

This is the election that occurs 2 years after a president was elected; it is often used as a measuring stick to gauge how the public views the work of the current adminstration

• General Election

• Midterm Election

• Nomination Election

• Primary Election

This type of organization can raise & spend unlimited $$ to support a campaign, as long as they don't directly coordinate with the campaign.

• PAC

• Interest Group

• SuperPAC

• FEC