Chapter 10: Elections & Campaigns

The person already holding an elective office.

An election held to choose which candidates will hold office.

A primary election in which voting is limited to already registered party members.

A primary election in which each voter may vote for candidates from both parties

contests held by state political parties to determine the composition of state delegations to the national nominating conventions.

Voting for a candidate because you like his or her past actions in office.

Voting for candidates of different parties for various offices in the same election.

An issue about which the public is united and rival candidates or political parties adopt similar positionsin hopes that each will be thought to best represent those widely shared beliefs.

is the name commonly given to a private group, regardless of size, organized to elect political candidates or to advance the outcome of a political issue or legislation

An election held to choose candidates for office.

A primary election in which voters may choose in which party to vote as they enter the polling place.

A second primary election held when no candidate wins a majority of the votes in the first primary.

Voting for a cnadidate because you favor his or her ideas for handling issues.

the coming to power for several decades of a new coalition, replacing an old dominant coalition of the other party

Voting for candidates who are all of the same party.

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 candidates, such as the president.