Gov Unit 3: Weeks 2-3 Key Terms

1. Public opinion polls and comparisons of campaign fundraising abilities that begin to tell how well a candidate is doing in an election long before the first states have voted.

• 1. Open primary

• 1. Invisible primary

• Closed Primary

• Blanket Primary

1. The phenomenon of a popular presidential candidate or political party leader being able to attract votes for other candidates in his or her party for other offices.

• Bandwagon effect

• Conformation bias

• 1. Coattail effect

• 1. Gerrymandering

1. Occurs when the individuals who choose not to participate in a survey differ systematically from those who do, leading to a potential distortion in the survey results.

• 1. Non-response bias

• 1. Social desirability bias

• 1. Confirmation bias

• 1. Bandwagon bias

The redrawing of congressional and other legislative district lines following the census, to accommodate population shifts.

• 1. Gerrymandering

• 1. Push polling

• 1. Reapportionment

• 1. Redistricting

1. A party-nominating election in which any qualified voter can take part.

• 1. Open primary

• 1. Invisible primary

• 1. Closed primary

• 1. Blanket primary

A controversial form of negative campaigning in which pseudo opinion polls are used to influence the views and beliefs of voters.

• 1. Gerrymandering

• 1. Horse-race journalism

• 1. Push polling

• 1. Opinion polling

1. The tendency to seek out and interpret information in a way that confirms what you already believe.

• 1. Non-response bias

• 1. Social desirability bias

• 1. Confirmation bias

• 1. Bandwagon bias

1. Journalism that focuses on who is winning or ahead in the polls rather than on candidates' policy agenda or debates.

• 1. Bandwagon journalism

• 1. Horse-race journalism

• 1. Coattail journalism

• 1. Yellow journalism

1. The tendency for respondents and declared voters to tell pollsters what they think they want to hear.

• 1. Non-response bias

• 1. Social desirability bias

• 1. Confirmation bias

• 1. Bandwagon bias

1. A voting process in which voters receive a long ballot containing the names of all contenders, regardless of party, and can vote however they choose.

• 1. Open primary

• 1. Invisible primary

• 1. Closed primary

• 1. Blanket primary