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advice and consent
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powers given to the Us senate by the constitution to give its advice and consent to the president on treatis and appointments
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cabinet
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the advisore group appt by the president to advise him on decision makking. Depending on the president this group could be very imorpant or not really important at all
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commander in chief
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the role of the president as supreme commander of the Military forces and the national guard
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council of economic advisers
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staff agency in the EOP that advises the president
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emergency powers
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inherent powers used by the president during times of a national crisis
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executive agreement
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international agreement made by the president without senate approval with heads of foreign states
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executive office of the president
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establised of FOP tehn staff agencies that assist the president in carrying out major duties
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executive order
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a rule issued by teh president that has an effect of law implements and gives admin effect to provision s to the constitutions treaties and statutes
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executive priviledge
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the right to executive officials to refuse to appear before or withhold info from a legislative comittee
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inherent power
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power granted to teh president from loosly worded statment in the constitution
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office of management and budget
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assists the president in preparing the annual buget to clear and coordinate al ldept agency budgets and help set the fiscal policy
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twelth amendement
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1804 separate election for president and vice president
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twenty fifth amendment
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establishes procedures for filling vacancies in the two top executive offices and that makes provisions fo rsituations involving presidential disability
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washington community
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individuals regularly involved in the politics in washington DC
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australian ballot
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a secret ballot prepard distributed ad tabulated by govt officials a the public expense. All states have use dthis since 1888.
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bundling
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the adding together of individual contributions to increase impact on the candidate
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caucus
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a closed meeting of party members to select candidates and propose policies
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elector
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a person that casts ballots for pres/vp number of electors in each state is equal to the states number of representatives in both chambers of congress
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independent expenditures
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non regulated leagal contributions to election campains from corps, unions, and other interests groups as long as they werent coordinated with those of the candidate
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issue voting
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voting for a candidate based on he or she stands on a particular issue
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office block or mass ballot
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a form of general election ballot in which candidates for elective offices are arranged in one column under their party affiliations
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presidential primary
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a statewide primary election of delegates to political party's national convention to help a party determing its presidential nominee
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resgistration
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entry of a persons name onto the list of eligible voters for elections age, citezenship and residency
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socioeconomic status
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a category of peoplw with in a society who have similar levels of income
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soft money
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campaing contributions which evade contribution limitations given to the pary an party comittees to help fund general party activities
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sound bite
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a brief meomorable comment that easily can be easily fit into a news broadcast
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super tuesday
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the date on which a number of presidential primaries are held including those in the most southern state
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tracking poll
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a poll taken for a candidate on a nearly daily basis as election day approaches
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voter turnout
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percentage of citizens taking part in the election process
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