Advanced Placement Government and Politics
Yorktown High School
STUDY GUIDE
Chapter 11 – Political Socialization and Public Opinion
Chapter 12 – Political Parties
Chapter 13 – Voting and Elections
Chapter 14 – The Campaign Process
Chapter 15 – The Media
Chapter 16 – Interest Groups
approval rating
Bipartisan Campaign Reform Act of 2002 (McCain-Feingold)
broadcast media
campaign consultant
candidate-centered politics
caucus
Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission (FEC)
closed primary
coalition
contrast ad
critical election
direct lobbying
direct mail
direct primary
divided government
economic interest group
Electoral College
equal time rule
exit poll
framing
527 political committee
free media
free rider problem
front-loading
general election
gerrymander
get out the vote (GOTV)
grassroots
hard money
horserace journalism
incumbent
litigation
Mr. Palermo
2013-2014
mandate
margin of error
mass media
matching funds
midterm election
muckraking
narrowcasting
national convention
negative ad
new media
New York Times Company v. Sullivan
nomination
off the record
on background
open primary
partisanship
party identification
party platform
plurality
political action committee (PAC)
political efficacy
political ideology
political/party machine
political socialization
pollster
positive ad
press conference
press secretary
print media
public interest group
random sample
realignment
reapportionment
redistricting
soft money
social capital
split-ticket voter
straw poll
superdelegate
third party
trade association
turnout
voter canvass
winner-take-all system