AP Government Jeopardy –
Campaigns and Elections
Choosing Choosing
a
a
candidate president
Who
votes
How
they
vote
Election
regulations
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any
election
stuff
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Final Jeopardy! Question
Campaigns and Elections
Suffrage
Suffrage
The right to vote, a
fundamental principle
of democratic
government
Who votes
100
Fifteenth Amendment
(1870)
Guarantees right to vote
to all races
Who votes
200
Nineteenth Amendment
(1920)
Extended the right to
vote to women
Who votes
300
Twenty-Sixth Amendment
(1971)
Lowered age
requirement to vote to
18 in all states
Who votes
400
Electorate
Term used to describe
the voters of a nation,
state, city, or county
collectively
Who votes
500
Split-ticket voting
Voting for candidates of
different parties for
different offices
How they
vote 100
Issue voters
Voting based on
positions on specific
policies
How they
vote 200
Referendum
Proposed law or state
amendment referred by
the state legislature to
the people for a vote;
only at the state level,
and only in some states
How they
vote 300
Initiative
Proposed state law or
amendment brought by
the citizens through a
petition process; only at
the state level, and only
in some states
How they
vote 400
Recall election
Special election
initiated by a petition
that allows citizens to
remove an official
before his/her term has
expired; only in some
states
How they
vote 500
Caucuses
Local party meetings to
select delegates to state
convention, which then
selects delegates to
party’s national
convention
Choosing a
candidate
100
Open primary
Election in which voters
choose which party’s
primary ballot they wish
to vote on
Choosing a
candidate
200
Closed primary
Election in which only
voters registered in the
party may vote in the
party’s primary
Choosing a
candidate
300
Blanket primary
Election in which only
one primary ballot is
used and voters may
choose from candidates
of either party and split
votes between them;
ONLY used in
Louisiana, Washington,
and California
Choosing a
candidate
400
Superdelegates
Democratic Party leaders
who are able to cast
votes at the national
convention for the
party’s presidential
candidate
Choosing a
candidate
500
General election
Election in which
officeholders (not
nominees) are selected;
for federal offices, these
are held the first Tuesday
after the first Monday of
November in evennumbered years
Choosing a
president
100
Swing states
States without strong party
alignment, that could vote
either Democratic or
Republican in the general
election; candidates
devote much of their time
campaigning in these
states
Choosing a
president
200
Electoral College
538 member body that
elects the president and
vice president; in most
states, these individuals
pledge to vote according
to the results of the
popular vote
Choosing a
president
300
Winner-take-all system
All of a state’s electors
voting as a block for the
winner of the state’s
popular vote; many
believe this makes the
electoral college nonreflective of the will of the
electorate
Choosing a
president
400
Coattail effect
When the popularity of the
victorious presidential
candidate helps his party’s
candidates for Congress
win as well
Choosing a
president
500
Motor Voter Law
National Voter
Registration Act of 1993
requires that states pass
these laws allowing voters
to register when they
renew their driver’s
licenses or apply for social
services
Election
regulation
100
Federal Election Commission
Independent regulatory
agency founded in 1975 to
enforce federal campaign
finance laws and
administer public
financing of presidential
campaigns
Election
regulation
200
Buckley v. Valeo (1976)
Supreme Court ruled that
Federal Election
Campaign act campaign
spending limits violated
First Amendment
guarantees of freedom of
expression
Election
regulation
300
Soft money
Money donated to a
political party rather than
a candidate to avoid limits
imposed by campaign
finance reform laws, a
loophole closed by the
Bipartisan Campaign
Finance Reform Act
(2002)
Election
regulation
400
527 Political Organizations
Nonprofit organizations
that engage in issue
advocacy, not candidate
advocacy – a fine line
often blurred; not subject
to campaign finance
limitations
Election
regulation
500
Literacy test
A reading test citizens
were required to pass in
order to vote; widely used
in the South to discourage
blacks and poor whites
from voting
Banned by the Voting
Rights Act of 1965
Yep, more
election
stuff 100
Poll tax
A tax levied on voters;
widely used in the South
to discourage blacks and
poor whites from voting
Banned by the 24th
Amendment (1964)
Yep, more
election
stuff 200
Plurality election
When the leading
candidate receives the
greatest number of votes,
but not more than 50% (a
true majority)
Yep, more
election
stuff 300
Midterm election
Federal election held in
the middle of a president’s
term of office; all House
seats and 1/3 of Senate
seats are elected; the
President’s party generally
loses seats in Congress
Yep, more
election
stuff 400
House of Representatives
Governmental body
responsible for choosing
the President when no
candidate wins a majority
of votes in the Electoral
College
Yep, more
election
stuff 500
Voter apathy
A reason for low turnout in
U.S. elections; generally
defined as a lack of interest in
politics, but may also result
from a mistrust in government
or lack of political efficacy;
generally, younger people,
racial and ethnic minorities,
males, and lower income
individuals have the greatest Mis-cell-any
issues with this
100
Political Efficacy
The belief that a person
can influence politics and
public policymaking
Mis-cell-any
200
National convention
Before the primary
system, this meeting
served the purpose of
choosing the party’s
nominee for president; in
recent years, its
fundamental purpose is
the adoption of the party
platform
Mis-cell-any
300
Front-loading
Choosing an early date to
hold the primary election
in a state
Mis-cell-any
400
Party identification
The most important single
factor in determining how
someone will vote in an
election
Mis-cell-any
500
• Compare the extension of
suffrage in the pre-Civil
War period to the postCivil War period
FINAL
JEOPARDY
• Pre-Civil War extensions were aimed at
eliminating barriers to universal white
male suffrage, including property
ownership and payment of taxes
• Post-Civil War extensions eliminated
restrictions based on race (15th
Amendment), gender (19th Amendment),
and age (26th Amendment)
FINAL
JEOPARDY