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| coattail effect | The ____ occurs when a strong candidate running for an office at the top of a ballot helps attract voters to other candidates on the party's ticket. |
| runoff primary | In the ____, the two top vote getters in a direct primary face one another, with the winner receiving the nomination. |
| polling place | where voters who live in a particular precinct actually go to vote. |
| Closed primary | a party nominating election in which only declared party members are allowed to vote. |
| nomination | A(n) ____ is the naming of a candidate who will seek election for a public office. |
| open primary | The ____ is a party nominating election in which any qualified voter can participate. |
| political action committee | A ____ is a special interest group that seeks to influence elections and affect public policy decisions. |
| nonpartisan election | Elections in which candidates are not identified by party labels are known as |
| caucus | A group of like-minded people who meet to choose candidates for office. |
| ballot | The device by which voters register their choices in an election. |
| soft money | This is given to State and local party organizations for "party building activities." |
| general elections | Regularly scheduled elections at which voters make the final selection of officeholders. |
| convention | The place where all members of a party meet as delegates to nominate their candidate for Presidential office |
| self-nomination | the oldest form of the nominating process in American politics. First used in colonial times. |
