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- 4. An element of campaign strategy that is a simple, appealing idea that can be repeated over and over again.
- 7. people who tend to participate in all forms of polling
- 10. 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.
- 14. A group that seeks to elect candidates to public office by supplying them with a label by which they are known to the electorate.
- 15. A committee, set up by an interest group representing a corporation, labor union, or other interest, to contribute financially to candidates and campaigns.
- 17. A special kind of primary used to pick delegates to the presidential nominating conventions of the major parties.
- 18. An alternative to a state primary in which party followers meet, often for many hours, to select party candidates.
- 19. A type of primary in which the voter can decide upon entering the voting booth in which party's primary to participate.
- 21. The person currently in office.
- 22. The many different ways that people take part in politics and government.
- 24. The second election in a campaign (primary is first). It determines which party's nominee will win office.
- 25. Media advertising meant to cast an unfavorable light on an opponent.
- 26. Short ads on behalf of a candidate on television. Such ads may convey a substantial amount of information.
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- 1. They rarely vote, they don't get involved in organizations, and they probably don't even talk about politics very much.
- 2. Elected officials and party leaders present at the national convention of the Democratic party.
- 3. The person responsible for managing the day-to-day work of a national political party. The person is given a full-time, paid position and is elected by the national committee.
- 5. (political) The tendency of lesser-known or weaker candidates to profit in an election by the presence of a more popular candidate on the ticket.
- 6. (VEP)Citizens who have reached the minimum age to be eligible to vote, excluding those who can't vote like felons and non-citizens residing in America.
- 8. A type of primary in which the voter must be a registered member of a political party to vote in that party's primary.
- 9. A campaign issue on which the rival parties or candidates take different positions in order to reach out for electoral support. It tends to divide the electorate.
- 11. Delegates from each state and territory who manage party affairs between national conventions. These exist at the national level for both major political parties.
- 12. 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.
- 13. They not only vote, but they like to get involved in campaign activities. They tend to be better educated than the average voter.
- 16. (VAP) Citizens who are eligible to vote after reaching the minimum age required.
- 20. The first election in a campaign; it determines a party's nominee for an office.
- 23. A political party organization based on gregarious or game-loving instincts. It survives on the basis of a friendship network.