AP Gov Chapter 16 vocab

Democratic/Republican National Committee (DNC/RNC)

Compromises a hierarchy of hundreds of employees and a complex network with the opposite group to dedicate furthering party goals

Democratic Party

Support aggressive efforts for minority rights and stranger protections for the environment

Linkage Institution

Channels that connect people with the government

National Chairperson

The chief strategist and spokesperson

National Convention

Gathering of party leaders established a traditional and necessary function

Platform

A written list of beliefs and political goals

Republican Party

Supports a conservative doctrine. Advocates for a strong national defense, a reduction of government spending, and limited regulation on buisnesses

Robocalls

Prerecorded phone messages delivered automatically to large numbers of people to remind people to vote for their candidates and to discourage voting for opposite candidates

Social Media

Social media outlets share certain traits that that make them powerful tools for parties and candidates to spread a message and build a brand

War Chest

Funds collected by a candidate to spend on a political campaign

Critical Elections

Contests that reveal sharp, lasting changes in loyalties to political parties

Democratic Republicans/Jeffersonians

Supported states rights, weaker national government

Divided Government

A situation in which one party controls congress and the other controls the white house

Grand Old Party

what republicans are reffered to as

Jacksonian Democracy

shift toward greater democracy for the common man and away from the aristocracy that had previlously held the power

McGovern-Fraser Commission

Created by the Democratic part to examine, consider, and ultimately rewrite convention rules

New Deal Coalition

Roosevelt’s plan that was made up of Democratic state and local party organizations, labor unions, and blue collar workers, minorities, farmers, white southerners, people living in poverty, immigrants, and intellectuals

Party Dealignment

Resulted from a growing number of citizens that became independents or turned away from politics all together

Party Realignment

Change in the underlying electoral forces do to changes in a party identification

Super delegates

high-ranking delegates not beholden to any state primary vote

Whig Party

Advocated for a strong central government that would promote westward expansion, investment in infastructure, and support a national bank

Ballot Access

earning a spot on the ballot

Economic-Protest Parties

some parties form this

Ideological Parties

Socialists and Libertarians; they subscribe to a consistent ideology across multiple issues

Single-Issue Parties

founded on one party policy matter

Single-member District

the candidates who wins the most votes, or a plurality in a field of candidates, wins that office

Splinter Parties

when large factions of members break off from a majority party that sometimes forms third parties

Swing States

those that could go either way in an election

Third Parties (Minor Parties)

An additional party other than Republican or Democrat

Two-Party System

Two party system in which the electorate gives their votes to the two major parties

Winner-takes-all-voting

All states (except for Maine and Nebraska) award all the electoral votes to the candidate who wins the plurality of the popular vote