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30 Cards in this Set
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Incumbent
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One who already holds office
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Political Action Committees(PAC)
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Committees set up by an representing corporations, labor unions, or special interest groups to raise and give campaign donations.
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Soft Money
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Campaign contributions given to political parties rather than to candidates to evade contribution limits
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Caucus
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A meeting of party members designed to select party candidates.
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Convention
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A meeting where delegates that have been chosen pick party candidates.
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Primary
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A pre-election held to allow voters to select a party candidates for general election.
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Closed Primary
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Where only pre-registered party members can vote.
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Open Primary
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voters can vote in either party's primary.
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General Election
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the election in which voters chose who is to win the public office.
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Off-Year or Mid-Term Election
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Congressional and other general elections held in the years between presidential elections.
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Political Party
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A group of people who have joined together in order to influence the government by winning elections, operating the government, and determining public policy.
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Party Platform
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A statement of the party's position on policies and issues.
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Patronage
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Giving a public job for political support
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Single-member Districts:
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Where only one candidate is chosen in an election from each district.
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Ticket Splitting
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Voting for candidates of both parties in an election.
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Divided Government
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Different parties controlling the legislative and executive branches.
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Interest Group
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An organized group of individuals with common interests who attempt to influence public policy-makers to support laws that favor their group.
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Lobbying
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the attempt by organizations or individuals to influence the passage defeat or content of legislation and of administrative decisions.
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Public Opinion
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A method of systematically questioning a small selected sample of individuals who are representative of the total population.
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Political Socialization
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The process by which individuals learn a set of political attitudes and form opinions about social issues.
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Straw Poll
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Relying only on a large number of responses to give an accurate view of the public's views on an issue
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Third Party
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A political party other than the major two (Democratic or Repubican) party
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plurality
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A number of votes cast for a candidate that is greater than the number of votes for any other candidate but not necessarily a majority.
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Ways public opinion is measured or expressed
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Opinion polls.
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Categories or different groups need for a representative sample
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age, gender,political parties, religion, areas of the country, urban/rural areas
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problems with opinion polls
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Sampling errors, False precision, poll questions and unscientific and fraudulent polls.
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influences on ones public opinion-political socialization
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Family, Education, Religion, Race and Income ,Peers and Location media, opinion leaders and political events
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types of propaganda
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Bandwagon -
2. Plain Folks - 3. Glittering Generality - 4. Transfer - . 5. Testimonial - 7. Name Calling- U |
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What are the differences between interest groups and political parties
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Interest groups are a group of individual with common interest who attempt to influence pubic policy makers to support laws that favor there group.
Political party a group of political activist who organize to win elections, operate the government and determine public policy. |
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Types of interest groups
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Economic, public, special interest, government, single interest
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