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Jeopardy. Political Parties & Elections. Elections and Campaigning. Political Ideologies. Political Parties. The Electoral College. 100. 100. 100. 100. 200. 200. 200. 200. 300. 300. 300. 300. 400. 400. 400. 400. 500. 500. 500. 500. Row 1, Col 1. What is liberal?.
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Row 1, Col 1 What is liberal? The typical political ideology of A Democrat
1,2 What is a Republican? The party is usually represented by an elephant and follows a conservative ideology
1,3 What is a primary election? The type of election that political parties use to nominate a candidate
1,4 What is 20? The amount of electoral votes in the state of Ohio
2,1 What is a libertarian? The political ideology that values a very small role for government in all types of issues
2,2 What is an independent? This is a term for someone who runs for office without being affiliated with ANY party
2,3 What is a straight-ticket voter? This type of voter votes for the party rather than for the candidate.
2,4 What is the 2000 presidential election? The last presidential election (year) in which the winners of the popular and electoral votes differed
3,1 What is an economic/fiscal issue? The type of issue that a conservative and a libertarian would agree on
3,2 What is a splinter/personality party? The type of third party that was represented by Teddy Roosevelt’s Bull Moose party
3,3 What is a PAC (political action committee)? The purpose of these organizations is to legally raise money to support political campaigns
3,4 What is 270 votes? The total number of electoral votes needed to win an election
4,1 What is a social/morality issue? A conservative and a libertarian both support government interventionin this type of issue
4,2 What is the party organization? This is the dimension of the political party that raises money and chooses candidates
4,3 What is a closed primary? The type of primary election allows only those registered with the party to vote
4,4 What is small (low population) states? The type of state (population-wise) that would usually support the use of the electoral college
5,1 What is a populist? A person who ideologically has the opposite viewpoints of a libertarian
5,2 What is party in the government? The dimension of the political party that hold public office
5,3 What is FECA (Federal Election Campaign Act)? The piece of legislation from the 1970s that attempted to solve the problems in the way political campaigns were financed
5,4 What is a faithless elector? The term for an elector who does not vote in favor of political party he or she represents