Unit 3: Political Participation

2. Focus on polling data and who is leading
6. The official November election for an office
8. Donations to a party or interest group that was not tracked
10. Donations given directly to a candidate, could be traced
12. Only voters registered with a given party can vote in that party's primary
14. may raise unlimited funds in support of a candidate or party as long as they do not coordinate in any way with the candidate or party or donate directly to the candidate
15. The tendency for the current office holder to win re-election. Bigger influence in the House.

1. Where a party selects their candidates and creates their platform
3. Occurs every four years and utilizes the Electoral College following the general election
4. A key factor in campaigns. Political Action Committees are an entity who do this.
5. A local meeting where registered members of a political party in a city, town or county gather to vote for their preferred party candidate and conduct other party business
7. The system to chose the President and Vice President
9. A primary election that doesn't require voters to be officially affiliated with a particular party.
11. An organization, usually representing an interest group or corporation, that raises money with the goal of supporting or defeating candidates, parties, or legislation
13. General Congressional election held two years into a president's term.