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64 Cards in this Set
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Political Culture |
Refers to views about how government should functions and its guiding principles What principles should guide us |
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Civic duty |
Cares about society |
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Tolerance |
Respecting other people's view |
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Understanding |
Understanding that everyone have different opinions |
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Dialogue |
Constructive conversation; get together to talk about it |
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Patriotism |
Love your country, care about your country |
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Compassion |
Have compassion for others |
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Courage |
Stand up for what's right |
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Political Ideology |
Refers to specific views about which programs and policies government should pursue |
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Liberal |
Left wing Move government involvement Higher taxes More social programs More regulation Judicial activism More government control |
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Conservative |
Right wing Less government involvement Lower taxes Private social programs Less regulation Judicial restraints Less government control |
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What liberal believes? |
Open to change, progressive |
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What do conservatives believe? |
Honor traditional values |
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Political socialization |
Process by which background traits influence one's political views |
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3 biggest agents of political socialization |
Parents Peers Schools |
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Media |
Ways of getting info to large amounts of people |
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Agenda setting aka |
Gatekeeper |
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Gatekeeper |
What do they focus on Set the agenda |
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Watchdog |
Keep an eye on issues/people Expose public to it |
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Score keeping |
Media will make news Not report it Invent stories |
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24 hour news cycle |
Everything is recorded/analyzed Have to Invent news to sell news |
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Public opinion |
Refers to how people think or feel about particular things |
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How did the founding fathers feel about public opinion? |
Felt public opinion should play LIMITED ROLE |
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Federalist #10 |
Public interest usually is not the same as what people demands from government |
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Poll |
A survey of public opinion |
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Random sample |
Method of selecting from a population in which each person has an equal probability of being selected for a poll More scientific |
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Sampling error |
The difference between the results of random samples taken at the same time |
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Exit poll |
Polls headed on interviews conducted on election day with randomly selected voters |
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Political participation |
Different ways people take part in politics or government |
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Linkage institution |
Links citizen with the policy making process in the USA |
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Four Linkage institution |
Media Voting Interest groups Political parties |
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Interest group |
Group of like-minded people influence how laws and policy carry out that favored them |
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Political parties |
Try to get people elected to office |
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15th amendment |
Voting right for color people |
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17th Amendment |
Vote for Senate |
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19th amendment |
Women's right to vote |
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23rd amendment |
D. C. Right to vote (electoral college) |
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Voting rights act |
Series of laws that have federal government to enforce 15th amendment |
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26th amendment |
Lower age to 18th year old |
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Suffrage |
The right of privilege of voting |
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Electorate |
The people who are qualified to vote in an election |
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Disenfranchised |
Losing (or denied) the right to vote |
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Austrialian ballot |
A uniform ballot. Printed by government, distributed at the polls and able to be marked in secret |
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Absentee ballot |
A mailed ballot that is marked in advance |
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Political efficacy |
One vote can make a difference |
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Registration process |
Think hard Intimate people |
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Weekday voting |
Have to go to poll station on certain days and times |
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Weak path efforts |
Pay don't reach out anymore, not really interest in getting members |
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Voter satisfaction |
People = happy = vote less |
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Politician parties |
A group that seeks to elected candidates to public office |
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Primaries |
Election which big groups to narrow down |
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Consensus values |
Values that people shared |
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4 roles political parties serve in the US |
Narrow down candidates Run the government Act as Watchdog Get information out |
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Split ticket |
Voting for candidates of different parties for various offices in the same election |
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Straight ticket |
Voting for candidates of the same party |
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Two party system |
An electoral system with 2 parties that compels in national elections |
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Plurality system |
An electoral system where winner gets most votes, even if they do not receive a majority |
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Caucus |
Meeting of party members to select delegates backing one or another primary candidate |
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National convention |
Meeting of party delegates every four years |
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National committee |
Delegates who run part affairs between national elections |
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National chair |
Day to day party manager elected by the National committee |
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Superdelegates |
Party leaders and elected officials who become delegates to the national convention without having to run for it Member of a party that are elected |
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Congressional campaign committee |
A party committee in Congress that provides funds to members and would be members Needs to be more for the party rather being moderate. Either more democratic or Republican or no money |
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Political machine |
Party organization that recruits members by patronage Appeals to people to vote for party by persuading them |
