Ap Nsl Chapter 10 Quiz

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Incumbent
Already holding and elective office
Coattails
Tendency of candidates to win more votes beacuse the presence at the top of the ticket of a better-known canditate
Political action committe (PAC)
Commitee set up by a corporation, labor union, or interest group that raises and spends campaign money from voluntay donations
Malapportionment
Drawing the boundaries of legislative disticts so that they are unequal in population
Gerrymandering
drawing the boundaries of legistive districts in unusal shape to favor one party
Sophomore surge
increase in votes congressional candidates usually get when they first run for re-election
*position issues
Issue about which the public is divided and rival candidates or political parties adopt different policy position
Big tent parties
Alot of people in one party
Valence issue
Issue about whch the public is united and rival candidats or polictical partie adopt similar postions in hope that each will be thought to best represent those widley shared beliefs
General election
Election held to choose which candiate will hold office
Primary election
Election held to choose candidates for office
Open primary
Choose party to vote for as entering the polling place
Closed primary
Members only
Blanket primary
Primary election which voters can vote for candidates from both parties
Runoff primary
Second election held when no candidte wins a majority of the votes in primary election