| A | B |
|---|
| nonpartisan election | election where candidates aren't identified by party labels |
| coattail effect | when a strong candidate helps attract voters to other candidates on his/her ticket |
| runoff primary | when the top two vote getters face one another |
| open primary | nominating election where ANY qualified voter can participate |
| closed primary | nominating election where ONLY party members are allowed to vote |
| In the U.S., a political party is made up of people who - | work to get candidated elected to office |
| Parties that hold a particular set of beliefs and support Marxist thinking are - | ideological parties |
| The most important predictor of a person's voting behavior is - | party identification |
| The oldest form of the nominating process in the U.S. - | self-announcement |
| The smallest geographic unit for conducting an election - | precinct |
