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POLS 207 TAMU EXAM WITH QUESTIONS ANDVERIFIED ANSWERS
Cause Lobbyist - Answer someone who works for an organization that monitors
and promotes a topic
Closed Primary - Answer A nomination election in which only voters from that
party may participate.
Contract Lobbyists: ANSWER Lobbyists who work on different issues for different
clients.
Crossover voting - ANSWER In some states, it is illegal for a member of one party
to vote in another party's primary.
Factional splits or factions are groups that battle to influence the message inside a
party. For example, a party may be divided into rival regional factions.
General elections are decisive elections in which all registered voters vote for their
preferred candidates for political office.
Nonpartisan Ballots – ANSWER ballots that do not name candidates by political
party; still widely used in local elections.
Open Primary - Answer A nominating election open to all registered voters,
regardless of their party membership.
Party conventions are meetings of party delegates organized to nominate candidates
for office and set party objectives.
, Political or Party Machine - Answer Political groups are controlled by a limited
number of persons and operate for partisan purposes. During the nineteenth and
twentieth centuries, these groups dominated party nominations for public office and
rewarded adherents with government positions and contracts.
A runoff primary is an election held if no one gets a majority in the original
primary.
Super PACs - ANSWER political action committees formed to make independent
expenditures
Apportionment: ANSWER The allocation of districts based on population
movements. A state's congressional districts may be reapportioned every ten years
per the national census.
Caucus – ANSWER all members of a party in a legislative body.
Coalition Building - ANSWER the alliance of special interest groups with the
intention of accomplishing the same goal via both direct and grassroots advocacy.
Committee - ANSWER A group of politicians tasked with considering and
producing proposals in a specific topic area.
Constituent Service: ANSWER Provide personalized constituent assistance to help
residents resolve their issues with the state government.
District - ANSWER Members of a legislature represent certain geographical areas.
Filibuster - ANSWER: preventing final action on the item under discussion and
subsequent legislation from being debated.
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