POLS 2301- exam 2 Lamar University
Dr. Easterly
County executive committee - ✔️✔️The governing body for a political party at the
county level.
County chair - ✔️✔️The leader of a county party organization.
State chair and vice chair - ✔️✔️The leaders of a state party organization.
State executive committee - ✔️✔️The governing body for a political party at the state
level.
Precinct convention - ✔️✔️A meeting where party members select delegates and
propose resolutions.
County convention - ✔️✔️A county-level meeting to choose delegates and set party
goals.
State convention - ✔️✔️A meeting where state-level party delegates formalize
platforms and choose leaders.
Dixiecrats - ✔️✔️Southern Democrats who broke away in opposition to civil rights
reforms.
La Raza Unida - ✔️✔️A political party centered on promoting Latino empowerment.
First past the post - ✔️✔️An electoral system in which the candidate with the most
votes wins.
Single-member district - ✔️✔️An electoral district represented by a single officeholder.
Proportional representation - ✔️✔️An electoral system that allocates seats based on
the percentage of votes received.
Tea Party movement - ✔️✔️A conservative grassroots movement emphasizing limited
government.
Shivercrat movement - ✔️✔️Conservative Democrats in Texas who supported
Republican presidential candidates.
, Presidential Republicanism - ✔️✔️Voting Republican in presidential elections while
remaining Democrat locally.
Blue Dog Democrats - ✔️✔️Moderate-to-conservative members of the Democratic
Party.
Political parties - ✔️✔️Organizations seeking to influence government by electing their
members to office.
Party platform - ✔️✔️A set of principles, goals, and strategies designed to address
pressing political issues.
Partisan polarization - ✔️✔️When members of different political parties become more
ideologically distinct and opposed.
Precinct - ✔️✔️A geographic area where residents vote at a common polling place.
Precinct chair - ✔️✔️An elected official responsible for organizing the party at the
precinct level.
Partisanship - ✔️✔️Strong loyalty to a political party.
Party heuristics - ✔️✔️Mental shortcuts voters use based on party affiliation.
Plurality system - ✔️✔️Candidate with the most votes wins, even without majority.
Duverger's law - ✔️✔️Theory that single-member districts encourage two-party
systems.
Two-party system - ✔️✔️A political system dominated by two major parties.
Party machines - ✔️✔️Strong, disciplined party organizations controlling nominations
and patronage.
Patronage - ✔️✔️Granting jobs and favors to supporters as political rewards.
Political polarization - ✔️✔️Growing ideological distance between parties.
Party identification - ✔️✔️Attachment individuals feel toward a political party.
Retrospective voting - ✔️✔️Voting based on past performance of a party or politician.
Party activists - ✔️✔️Strong supporters involved in party organization and campaigns.
Dr. Easterly
County executive committee - ✔️✔️The governing body for a political party at the
county level.
County chair - ✔️✔️The leader of a county party organization.
State chair and vice chair - ✔️✔️The leaders of a state party organization.
State executive committee - ✔️✔️The governing body for a political party at the state
level.
Precinct convention - ✔️✔️A meeting where party members select delegates and
propose resolutions.
County convention - ✔️✔️A county-level meeting to choose delegates and set party
goals.
State convention - ✔️✔️A meeting where state-level party delegates formalize
platforms and choose leaders.
Dixiecrats - ✔️✔️Southern Democrats who broke away in opposition to civil rights
reforms.
La Raza Unida - ✔️✔️A political party centered on promoting Latino empowerment.
First past the post - ✔️✔️An electoral system in which the candidate with the most
votes wins.
Single-member district - ✔️✔️An electoral district represented by a single officeholder.
Proportional representation - ✔️✔️An electoral system that allocates seats based on
the percentage of votes received.
Tea Party movement - ✔️✔️A conservative grassroots movement emphasizing limited
government.
Shivercrat movement - ✔️✔️Conservative Democrats in Texas who supported
Republican presidential candidates.
, Presidential Republicanism - ✔️✔️Voting Republican in presidential elections while
remaining Democrat locally.
Blue Dog Democrats - ✔️✔️Moderate-to-conservative members of the Democratic
Party.
Political parties - ✔️✔️Organizations seeking to influence government by electing their
members to office.
Party platform - ✔️✔️A set of principles, goals, and strategies designed to address
pressing political issues.
Partisan polarization - ✔️✔️When members of different political parties become more
ideologically distinct and opposed.
Precinct - ✔️✔️A geographic area where residents vote at a common polling place.
Precinct chair - ✔️✔️An elected official responsible for organizing the party at the
precinct level.
Partisanship - ✔️✔️Strong loyalty to a political party.
Party heuristics - ✔️✔️Mental shortcuts voters use based on party affiliation.
Plurality system - ✔️✔️Candidate with the most votes wins, even without majority.
Duverger's law - ✔️✔️Theory that single-member districts encourage two-party
systems.
Two-party system - ✔️✔️A political system dominated by two major parties.
Party machines - ✔️✔️Strong, disciplined party organizations controlling nominations
and patronage.
Patronage - ✔️✔️Granting jobs and favors to supporters as political rewards.
Political polarization - ✔️✔️Growing ideological distance between parties.
Party identification - ✔️✔️Attachment individuals feel toward a political party.
Retrospective voting - ✔️✔️Voting based on past performance of a party or politician.
Party activists - ✔️✔️Strong supporters involved in party organization and campaigns.
