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Civics: People Power
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Subject
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civics
Instructions:
Answer 26 questions in 15 minutes.
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Match each statement with the correct term.
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1. Meeting of party leaders to discuss issues or to choose candidates
Caucus
Electors
Split Ticket
Platform
2. A statement of the party's official stand on major public issues
Open Primary
Closed Primary
Platform
Media
3. The system in which party leaders perform favors for loyal supporters of the party
Write-In Candidate
Independent Voters
Patronage
Platform
4. A way of sending messages to large groups of people through the mail
Direct Mail
Patronage
Media
Planks
5. A ballot cast for all the candidates in one party
Self-Nomination
Straight Ticket
Registration
Caucus
6. Voting districts
Precincts
Canvass
Self-Nomination
Media
7. Person who makes certain that the media show the candidate in the best light
Closed Primary
Compaign Press Secretary
Precincts
Compaign Manager
8. A primary in which voters do not need to declare a party before voting - but they may vote in only one party's primary
Open Primary
Precincts
Independent Voters
Media
9. People who do not support a particular political party
Registration
Platform
Political Party
Independent Voters
10. A primary in which a voter must be registered as a party member and may vote only in that party's primary
Platform
Closed Primary
Nominate
Self-Nomination
11. Position statements on each specific issue in a party's platform
Planks
Direct Primary
Open Primary
Media
12. People who promise to cast votes for the candidate selected by the voters
Electors
Canvass
Bias
Media
13. Television - radio - newspapers - magazines - and the Internet
General Election
Direct Primary
Media
Direct Mail
14. A message that is meant to influence people's ideas - opinions - or actions in a certain way
Propaganda
General Election
Planks
Split Ticket
15. An election in Which members of a political party choose candidates to run for office in the name of the party
Independent Voters
Direct Primary
Direct Mail
Canvass
16. An election in which voters make final decisions about the candidates and issues
Registration
Split Ticket
Bias
General Election
17. The process of signing up to be a voter
Bias
Registration
Direct Primary
Split Ticket
18. One who asks voters to write his or her name on the ballot
General Election
Self-Nomination
Write-In Candidate
Patronage
19. An organization of citizens who wish to influence and control government by getting their members elected to office
Write-In Candidate
Political Party
Electors
Incumbent
20. The practice of voting for candidates of more than one party on the same ballot
Media
Split Ticket
General Election
Patronage
21. Someone who already holds the office for which he or she is running
Caucus
Canvass
Incumbent
Independent Voters
22. Go door-to-door handing out information and asking people which candidates they support
General Election
Open Primary
Canvass
Political Party
23. A favoring of one point of view
Media
Registration
Bias
Patronage
24. Declaring that you are running for office
Bias
Media
Self-Nomination
Incumbent
25. Naming candidates to run for public office
Caucus
Direct Mail
Split Ticket
Nominate
26. Person who helps plan the broad outlines of the campaign: where to go - what issues to discuss - and what image of the candidate to put forth
Direct Mail
Self-Nomination
Political Party
Compaign Manager