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