Unit 3 Vocabulary – The Linkage Institutions
Interest Groups, Parties, Media, Elections
1. Nomination (Primary) Election
36. Theories of Democracy
2. General Election
37. Elite Theory
3. Primary vs. Caucus
38. Hyperpluralist Theory
4. Closed Primary vs. Open Primary
39. Pluralist Theory
5. Political Parties vs. Interest Groups
40. Iron Triangles (Subgovernments)
6. Front-loading
41. Potential Group v. Actual Group
7. Super Tuesday
42. Collective Good
8. National Convention
43. Free-rider Problem
9. National Committee
44. Olson’s Law of Large Groups
10. National Party Chair
45. Selective benefits
11. National Party Delegates
46. Single-issue groups
12. Superdelegates (Democrats only)
47. Lobbying
13. “Balance the Ticket”
48. Electioneering
14. Vetting
49. Political action committees (PACs)
15. Keynote Address
50. Amicus curiae briefs
16. Acceptance Speech
51. Class action suits
17. Party Platform
52. Union shop, Closed shop, Open shop
18. McGovern-Fraiser Commission
53. Right-to-work law
19. Coalition & New Deal Coalition
54. Public interest lobbies
20. Swing State (Battleground State)
21. Winner-Take-All vs. Proportional
22. Media Events
23. Press Conferences
24. Sound Bites
25. Print Media
26. Broadcast Media
27. Social Media
28. Cable vs. Network
29. Trial Balloons & Leaks
30. Horse-race Journalism
31. Press Secretary vs. Communications Director
32. “The Tea Party” Movement
33. Grassroots
34. Independent Voters – Swing Voters
35. GOTV – Get-Out-The-Vote