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