is the way in which candidates attempt to manipulate money, media attention, and momentum to achieve the nomination. [Hint]
Before primaries existed, all state parties selected their delegates to the national convention in a meeting of state party leaders called a . [Hint]
The inclusion of to the Democratic national convention was designed to restore an element of peer review to the process. [Hint]
The fact that states that vote late in the primary and caucus process are often irrelevant has led to an increase in of the process so that more delegates are selected early in the nomination game. [Hint]
Critics of the present primary/caucus system have suggested holding a series of in which states in one time zone would vote one week and other time zones in other weeks. [Hint]
A political party's statement of its goals and policies for the next four years is called the . [Hint]
The technique of involves locating potential supporters by sending information and a request for money to huge lists of people who have supported candidates of similar views in the past. [Hint]
The administers the campaign finance laws and enforces compliance with their requirements. [Hint]
Money raised at the grass-roots level for voter registration drives and the distribution of campaign materials is called . [Hint]
Most people pay relatively little attention to campaigns because of their remarkable capacity for . [Hint]
