SSCG8 and SSCG11 Review

bias

• A favoring of one point of view

caucus

• A meeting of party leaders to discuss issues or to choose candidates.

nominate

• Name candidates to run for public office

registration

• Process of signing up to be a voter

media

• Television, radio, newspapers, magazines, and the internet.

Independent voters

• People who do not support a particular political party.

Political party

• An organization of citizens who wish to influence and control government by getting their members elected to office.

platform

• Statement of political party’s official stand on major public issues.

canvass

• Go door to door handing out information and asking people which candidate they support

Direct primary

• An election in which members of a political party choose candidates to run for office in the name of the party.

Split ticket

• Practice of voting for candidates of more than one party on the same ballot.

incumbent

• Someone who already holds the office for which he or she is running.

campaign

• A collection of all the efforts a candidate makes to win an election.

referendum

• Process where legislatures place a proposed law on the ballot to allow citizens to vote the law into effect?

precincts

• Voting Districts

propaganda

• A message that is meant to influence people’s ideas, opinions, or actions in a certain way.

recall

• Voting to replace someone in office is known as what type of election?

Democrats and Republicans

• 2 major political parties in the United States.

Must be 18 years old on election day, live in the state in which you will be voting, and a U.S. citizen

• What are 3 requirements you must meet in order to be able to vote?

24th amendment

• Which amendment banned the use of poll taxes in election?

26th amendment

• which amendment lowered the voting age to 18 years or older?

23rd amendment

• Which amendment made it so that Washington D.C. residents were able to vote for the President and have electoral votes based on population?

19th amendment

• Which amendment gave women the right to vote?

initiative

• Process that lets citizens propose laws directly. If citizens gather enough voter signatures, the law goes on the ballot to allow citizens to vote the law into effect?

26th amendment

• Which amendment is associated with the Vietnam War?

Voting Rights Act of 1965

• Further protected the voting rights of all Americans by reinforcing the 15th amendment; outlaws voting practices such as literacy tests.

lobbyists

• Represent interest groups and communicate with officials?

November

• Presidential and Congressional elections are held in which month?

English laws and customs

• Colonists and early Americans got their ideas about voting from where?

advocate

• To support or promote?

Campaign financing

• How money is earned for political campaigns?

Interest Group

• Group of people who work to influence govt. about a set of issues?

Political views

• Person’s ideas about how govt. should run and how issues should be solved?

Political Action Committees

• Organizations that help interest groups raise money for campaigns?

Electoral College

• Group of people elected by voters in each state to elect the President and the Vice President?