Vocab Units 9 and 10

2. The person already holding an elective office.
3. A committee set up by a corporation, labor union, or interest group that raises and spends money from the voluntary donations.
4. Republican party faction of the 1890s and the 1910s, composed of reformers who opposed patronage.
6. An election held to choose which candidate will hold office.
15. A party committee in Congress that provides funds to members and would-be members.
19. Organizations under section 527 of the Internal Revenue Code that raise and spend money to advance political causes.
20. Raised money that goes straight to the political party
21. Drawing boundaries of legislative districts so that they are unequal in population.
22. The alleged tendency of candidates to win more votes in an election because of the presence at the top of the ticket of a better-known candidate.
24. An election held to choose candidates for office
25. A local or state political party largely supported by another organization in the community.

1. An issue about which the public is divided and rival candidates or political parties adopt different policy positions.
5. An increase in the votes congressional candidates usually get when they first run for office.
7. Delegates who run for party affairs between national conventions.
8. The social rewards that lead people to join political organizations.
9. Party leaders and elected officials who become delegates to the national convention without having to run in primaries or caucuses.
10. Voting for candidates of different parties for various offices in the same election.
11. Voting for candidates of the same party.
12. Voting for a candidate because you like his or her past actions in office.
13. A meeting of party delegates held every four years.
14. Voting for a candidate because you favor his or her ideas for handling issues.
16. A party organization that recruits members by dispensing patronage.
17. A party that values principled stands in issues above all else.
18. Raised money that goes straight to the candidate.
23. A group that seeks to elect candidates to public office.