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| The plan candidates lay out to guide their electoral campaign |
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| National Party Convention |
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| The supreme power within each of the parties |
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| A party's official endorsement of a candidate for office |
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| McGovern-Fraser Commission |
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| Established open procedures and affirmative action guidelines for delegate selection |
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| Nat. party leaders who automatically get a delegate slot at the Nat. party convention |
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| Democratic National Convention of 1968 |
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| Created McGovern, "police riot" in Chicago, committee to look into delegate selection process |
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| A meeting of all state party leaders for selecting delegates for the national party Convention |
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| States' voters go to polls to express preference for a party's nominee for president |
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| States hold primaries earlier in the calender to gain media attention |
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| A proposed nationwide primary that would replace caucuses and primaries |
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| Info and requests for money are sent to people who supported the candidate in the past |
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| Federal Election Campaign Act |
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| Provides public financing for presidential primaries and general elections, limited presidential campaign spending, required disclosure, tried to limit contributions |
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| Federal Election Commission |
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| Administers campaign finance laws and enforces compliance with their requirements |
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| The party's statement of goals and policies for the next 4 years |
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| Determined by how candidates use advertising budget, the "free" attention they get as news makers |
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| People's beliefs guide what they pay the most attention to and how they interpret events |
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| Donations up to 250 are matched from the PECF to pres. nomination candidates who qualify and meet conditions |
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| Presidential Election Campaign Fund |
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| FEC gives out money from this fund to qualified presidential candidates |
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| Individual contributions limit will rise along with inflation |
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| Political contributions marked for party-building expenses at the grass-roots level |
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| Independent groups that try to influence the political process, but don't have contribution restrictions, don't directly seek election of particular candidates |
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| PAC (Political Action Committee) |
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| Funding vehicles created by the 1974 campaign finance reforms |
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| “Hydraulic theory of money and politics” |
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| Money, like water, eventually finds its way around any obstacle-loopholes for big contributors opened |
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