Chapter 10 Vocab Brett Hostetler

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Across
  1. 3. A campaign appearance covered in a news broadcast.
  2. 4. An element of campaign strategy that involves either a positive (build-me-up) or negative (attack-the-opponent) approach.
  3. 5. ballot A ballot, sometimes called the Massachusetts ballot, that lists all candidates by office to minimize a straight party ticket vote.
  4. 6. A federal law providing funds to candidates seeking the presidency.
  5. 11. Periods during which a sharp, lasting shift occurs in the popular coalition supporting one or both parties.
  6. 13. The second election in a campaign (primary is first). It determines which party's nominee will win office.
  7. 14. An election result in which a congressional district (or voter) votes for the presidential candidate of one party and the congressional candidate of the other party.
  8. 15. An element of campaign strategy that is a simple, appealing idea that can be repeated over and over again.
  9. 17. Voting on the basis of a person's view of candidates' positions on the issues.
  10. 22. The first election in a campaign; it determines a party's nominee for an office.
  11. 23. campaign issue on which the rival parties or candidates take different positions in order to reach out for electoral support.
  12. 24. A type of primary in which the voter can decide upon entering the voting booth in which party's primary to participate.
  13. 25. Media advertising meant to cast an unfavorable light on an opponent.
  14. 26. A committee, set up by an interest group representing a corporation, labor union, or other interest, to contribute financially to candidates and campaigns.
Down
  1. 1. A ballot, sometimes called the Indiana ballot, that was government-printed and contained a list in columns of all candidates of each party.
  2. 2. A type of primary used in some southern states. If no candidate gets a majority of the votes in the first primary vote, the two candidates with the most votes vie in a second primary election.
  3. 7. A base of committed partisans supporting an electoral candidate who also attracts swing votes.
  4. 8. The person currently in office.
  5. 9. A special kind of primary used to pick delegates to the presidential nominating conventions of the major parties.
  6. 10. Voting for candidates who are all of the same party
  7. 11. Voting on the basis of how things have gone in the recent past.
  8. 12. A variant of the open primary in which the voter receives a ballot that lists the candidates for nomination of all the parties, enabling the voter to vote for candidates of different parties.
  9. 16. The tendency of lesser-known or weaker candidates to profit in an election by the presence of a more popular candidate on the ticket.
  10. 18. issue A campaign issue that is linked in the voters' minds with conditions, goals, or symbols that are almost universally approved or disapproved by the electorate, e.g., corruption.
  11. 19. A type of primary in which the voter must be a registered member of a political party to vote in that party's primary.
  12. 20. Short ads on behalf of a candidate on television.
  13. 21. The situation when a new issue of utmost importance to voters cuts across existing party divisions and replaces old issues that formed the basis of party identification.