Block 3 Test Review Politics & Elections

candidate committees

large donators by the party

senior party officials

party members appointed by the state or national party chairman

a majority vote by houses of a state legislature to amend state law or its constitution

an independent group of voters/citizens who gather enough signature, per their state laws, to qualify the proposed measure to be on a ballot for all to vote for or against.

an order of the President or a Governor of a state.

a court order resulitng from a lawsuit of a law passed by a legislature.

single issue poll

push poll

straw poll

exit poll, or exit survey

the practice of exciting public opinon

"talk to people"

an open discussion in the public square, as in Ancient Greek times

of a citizen

is another name for political "dark money"

was created by the Democratic party originally to help Bill Clinton defeat George Bush

is an organization that raises campaign money to provide financial and other support for political candidates or issues, independent of those campaigns, regulated by either Federal or state campaign laws.

allows contributions from both American special interests and foreign governments to influence elections.

is usually a dictortatorship or totalarian government

is a country that is ruled by a religious theocracy

the Russian Republic

is a country with a monarch

a precinct committeeman

local party boss

pollster

campaign volunteer

it kept Congress involved in the election of the President

a direct election of the President would be subject to voter fraud

they believed it is difficult for average person to be informed enough to make a wise choice

it would be quicker to count votes by that method

Membership is calculated by counting up the members of each state's Congressional districts, then adding two U.S. Senators, except for Washington, D.C., which gets three electoral votes regardless.

Membership is calculated by counting up the members of each state's Congressional districts, then adding two U.S. Senators, except for Washington, D.C., Virgin Islands and Puerto Rico which each gets three electoral votes regardless.

There are 638 electors in the Electoral College.

It was created by the 10th Amendment.

the Republican candidate has lost, because third party efforts so far have resulted from splits within the Republican ranks

that it has come very close to throwing the elections into the House of Representatives to resolve the outcomes.

there has been no significant effect on the outcome of those elections

the Democrat candiate has lost

it ended literacy tests

it ended the segregation of public schools

it created a civil rights division in the U.S. Department of Justice

it gave rise to racial violence

Voter registration drives targeting more Africans Americans to vote.

Literary tests, designed to keep African American from registering to vote.

Separate but equal doctrine

a change to a state law or constitution that is placed on the general election ballot by a state legislature

jointly agreed to by both a legislature and governor

is a way to change a state law or constitution caused by a citizen petitions submitted with the required number of signatures to qualify

are dominated by single-issue party efforts

one party dominate nations

countries that commonly have coalition governments

by their own methods to determine how they will run their party.

by the same boundaries of the state's 30 legislative districts.

by the same boundaries of the state's nine Congressional districts.