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| What year was the grandfather clause considered unconstitutional? |
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| What are the two crucial phases in an election? |
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| Getting nominated and getting elected. |
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| Where people more likely to vote a straight party ticket in the past? |
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| In the typical presidential race the winner gets less than 55 percent of the two-party vote; in the typical House race, the _______ wins with over 60 percent of the vote. |
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| What is the most obvious way in which presidential and congressional races differ? |
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| What was the presidential race with the narrowest margin between the winner and loser in this century? |
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| What is a position issue? |
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| An issue in which rival candidates have opposing views on a question that divides voters. |
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| What is a straight ticket? |
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| Voting for candidates who are all of the same party. |
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| Voting for candidates of different parties for various offices in the same election. |
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| What is an office-bloc ballot? |
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| A ballot listing all candidates of a given office under the name of that office; also called a "Massachusetts" ballot. |
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| What is ballot is sometimes referred to as a Massachusetts ballot? |
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| What is a meeting of party delegates held every four years? |
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| Someone already holding elective office. |
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| What is malapportionment? |
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| Drawing the boundaries of legislative districts so that they are unequal in population. |
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| Drawing the boundaries of legislative districts in bizarre or unusual shapes to favor one party. |
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| What is a sophomore surge? |
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| An increase in the votes congressional candidates usually get when they first run for reelection. |
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| Who is the only person to have served as vice president and president without being elected? |
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| Can people give as much money as they want to a presidential candidate? |
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| Did the Bipartisan Campaign finanace Reform Act of 2002 shift influence away from business and unions and toward the media? |
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| How much of the vote goes to the candidates of the two main parties? |
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| What factor makes a difference in the presidential race? |
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| If it were only a matter of party identification, who would always win the presidency? |
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| Does representative government require voters to be well informed about issues? |
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| What is something that has changed in campaigning? |
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| The advent of primary elections. |
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There have been 12 presidential elections since 1952. How many times has power switched between the republican and democratic parties? |
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| Where was the first national political convention? |
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| What is a political party? |
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| A group that seeks to elect candidates to public office. |
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| Republican party faction of the 1890s to the 1910s, composed of reformers who opposed patronage describes what? |
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| Mugwumps and progressives |
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| A critical or realignment period. |
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| Periods when a major, lasting shift occurs in the popular coalition supporting one or both parties. |
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| Delegates who run party affairs between national conventions. |
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| A meeting of party delegates held every four years. |
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| A party committee in Congress that provides funds to members and would-be members. |
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| Congressional campaign committee. |
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| Day-to-day party manager elected by the national committee. |
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| Party leaders and elected officials who become delegates to the national convention w/o having to run in primaries or caucuses. |
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| A party organization that recruits members by dispensing patronage. |
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| A party that values principled stands on issues above all else. |
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| The social rewards that lead people to join political organizations. |
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| Examples of solidary incentives. |
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| Status, sense of pleasure, companionship. |
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| A local or state political party that is largely supported by another organization in the community. |
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| The political support provided to a candidate on the basis of personal popularity and networks. |
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| An electoral system with 2 dominant parties that compete in national elections. |
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| An electoral system in which the winner is the person who gets the most votes, even if he or she doest not receive a majority. |
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| Parties seeking a single policy, usually revealed by their names, and avoiding other issues. |
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| What voting system is used in almost all American elections? |
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| A meeting of party members to select delegates backing one or another primary candidate. |
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