Congress/Presidency terms

1) ________________ an explicit or an implicit agreement regarding political arrangements, i.e., I vote for your bill if you vote for my bill.

• logrolling

• filibustering

• gerrymandering

• caucusing

______________ obtaining a project for your district in hopes of gaining voters support, despite that the project may be a waste of funds, i.e., the bridge to nowhere.

• pork barrel

• gerrymandering

• logrolling

• filibustering

A ________________ is an elected official who votes what he believes is best for his/her constituents even when such a decision may be very unpopular. (I know what is best for my constituents better than they know.)

• trustee

• delegate

• partisan

• politico

A ________________ moves into a district or state to establish residency status so to run for office, i.e., Hillary Clinton moved to New York, established residency, then ran for the open Senate seat.

• carpetbagger

• incumbent

• lobbyist

• constituent

A ________________ is an elected official who is charismatic, popular, and handsome/beautiful, but does very little legislative work.

6) A ________________ is not so popular and not very charismatic, but is hardworking and produces significant policies.

• work horse

• show horse

• figurehead

• celebrity

A ________________ believes he/she was elected to simply vote the will of his/her constituents even if he/she completely disagrees with his/her constituents.

• delegate

• trustee

• partisan

• politico

8) ____________________ entails that everything a member of Congress does is to secure re-election.

• the electoral connection

• the separation of powers

• judicial review

• bicameralism

9) __________________________ is the phase when the president retreats from journalists and does not want to speak to a hostile press.

A combination of a trustee and a delegate is called a ________________.