PAC
Donor organization abbreviation
PAC stands for political action committee, an organization that pools campaign contributions to support or oppose candidates, ballot initiatives, or legislation.
Super PACs can raise unlimited funds but cannot coordinate directly with campaigns: The super PAC ran ads in every swing state. (Lowercase pac is informal.)
Money raised for elections
- lobbyingAdvocating to decision-makers
- donorsPeople who give gifts
- electionsFormal choosing of officials
- candidatesThose seeking selection
fundraising · advocacy · contributions · soft money · dark money · endorsements · grassroots · bipartisan
Gifts to organizations
- contributionsThings given to help
- donorsPeople who give gifts
- contributorsThose who give help
- bundlingGrouping items as one
solicitation · contribution limits · hard money · matching funds · fundraiser · pledge
Groups seeking policy influence
- power brokersHidden political influencers
- quid pro quoReciprocal exchange of value
- accessRight to enter
- endorsementFormal expression of support
backing · astroturf · lobbying · corruption · transparency
Candidate promotion media
- attack adsNegative campaign commercials
- mailersItems sent by post
- canvassingSystematic direct voter outreach
- get-out-the-voteCampaign encouraging electoral participation
voter outreach · opposition research · political advertising
Cautious about altering customs
- liberalOpen to reform
- progressiveFavoring reform and innovation
- RepublicanGOP party member
- DemocraticOne major U.S. political party
ideological · pro-life · pro-choice · environmental · labor · business · NRA
campaign finance
Money raised for elections
- lobbyingAdvocating to decision-makers
- donorsPeople who give gifts
- electionsFormal choosing of officials
candidates · fundraising · advocacy · contributions · soft money · dark money · endorsements · grassroots · bipartisan · legislation
donations
Gifts to organizations
- contributionsThings given to help
- donorsPeople who give gifts
- contributorsThose who give help
bundling · solicitation · contribution limits · hard money · matching funds · fundraiser · pledge
special interests
Groups seeking policy influence
- power brokersHidden political influencers
- quid pro quoReciprocal exchange of value
- accessRight to enter
endorsement · backing · astroturf · lobbying · corruption · transparency
campaign ads
Candidate promotion media
- attack adsNegative campaign commercials
- mailersItems sent by post
- canvassingSystematic direct voter outreach
get-out-the-vote · voter outreach · opposition research · political advertising
conservative
Cautious about altering customs
- liberalOpen to reform
- progressiveFavoring reform and innovation
- RepublicanGOP party member
Democratic · ideological · pro-life · pro-choice · environmental · labor · business · NRA
- advocacy groupsadvocacy group, lobbying groups, lobby group, NAACP, lobby groups
- politicsdemocracy, campaigning, campaigns, democrats, bill
- U.S. PoliticsCongress, senator, representative, president, vice president
- US Politicsconservatism, ballot, liberalism, bill, constitutionalism
- campaigningcandidate, campaign signs, canvassing, campaign manager, fundraising
- Apartheidapartheid, pass laws, Group Areas Act, passbook, passbooks
Local citizen-led collective action
civic participation · ballot initiative · volunteering · direct action · protest movement
- packed upPrepared items for departure
- packing upPreparing items for transport
- care packageSupportive gift shipment
- change of paceDeviation from routine
- snail's paceExtremely slow movement
- keep paceStay equally fast
pace, package, packed, packing, packet, unpack, pacify, pacing, pacifier