POLS 1101 Lecture Notes - Lecture 24: Secret Ballot, Frontrunner
31 Mar 2017
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Section 24 chapter 8 / key terms (continued) /american government. Chun 2: parties use this committee to inspect and determine if a delegate is a legitimate representative of their state at the national convention. ix. Office-block ballot: also called a massachusetts ballot this emphasizes the office over the party by grouping candidate under the office they are running for in a general election. xii. Party-colum ballot: also called an indiana ballot this emphasizes the party over the office by grouping all like party candidates under the party" symbol and name in a general election. xiii. Coattail effect: when the popularity of one candidate increases the success of like party candidates down ballot. The party-colum ballot can increase this effect because of the ease of straight-ticket voting. xiv. Voter turnout: a comparison between the number of people who actually vote and the number of eligible voters.
