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Blogs |
A way for someone to put their political opinions online and allowing people to follow them. |
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Exit poles |
As people leave the poles, exit pollsters will ask people who they voted for and getting a projected winner |
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Mud-rakers |
Teddy Roosevelt 1900 coined, Journalist who get into the problems of society and stirringing up the trouble make the people pay attention. Cameraman taking pictures of starving children in New York. |
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Political Culture |
Social contract amongst each other. Characteristic of a society. |
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Political Opinion |
A list of things that make up a political opinion. Intensity is strength measure. Can be judged with thermometric questions (Highly agree, disagree, etc. Stability is a time measure (Florida Cuban kid Al Gore loses Florida cause of it). Concentration is where are the people who care and point of view. Distribution what type of people care and what will they do about it. |
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Political socialization |
Socialization is how a person becomes a part of the groups. It increases though life until it hits a point and the number shrinks. Political is relating to the government over time as a person. |
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Elazar/regional political culture: Daniel Elazar he polled the nation and came up with three political ideas |
Traditionalistic, Individualistic, Moralistic |
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Traditionalistic (Elazar/regional political culture) |
The country reminded him of Old Feudal Europe (Rural South). There were one or two families ran the local government. It can lead to an increase in political corruption increase in political apathy. A positive is sometimes the king making families choose well |
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Individualistic (Elazar/regional political culture) |
Happens in old big cities and Rust Belt. There was a problem with political corruption because union bosses, government officials, company owners are working together to help get the person they want in. Voter apathy because its controlled. Assimilate millions of immigrants |
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Moralistic (Elazar/regional political culture) |
Small town New England (Not Boston). They have a high level of citizen participation. They trust their politician and pay them well. Decreased level of corruption. Less voter apathy. The problem is that the people feel the government is to intrusive. Blue laws in place (can't sell liquor on Sunday) to control social interaction. ` |
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Sampling |
Getting a prediction of the whole population from a few. Using a scientific method to find it out. |
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Scientific Polling |
a scientific method to find out . First you must come up with a hypothesis. Next to whom are you addressing it to. |
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Random Sample |
Its like a lottery any part of a population has an equal chance of being part of it. |
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Representative Sample |
A sample the mirrors a demographic of a population. |
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Open ended |
Giving people’s full opinion. |
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Close ended |
The answer’s are provided. More likely to get more people. Easier to tabulate |
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Tracking poll |
Multiple polls to track how an issue or person is doing over time. |
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Yellow journalism |
Use of exaggeration to get people to read their articles. |
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Coattail effect |
Having a popular candidate bring in smaller candidates to make them more popular |
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Political parties |
Main focus is people organizing to get a candidate elected. Some secondary things they do is educate the public about the election’s issue. Simplify voting by labeling candidates. Serve as “quasi” (means sorta) employment agencies for government jobs. Organize the decision process in legislators. Out party serves as the loyal opposition. |
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Party image |
is murky because parties try to be big tents |
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Party image |
Who the parties are. It goes down because of the murky party image. |
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Party organization |
Upside down triangle levels the neighborhoods county (grass roots), state party head quarters (active only during election time), national level (DNC and RNC) |
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Interest groups |
Are in place to get what an interest groups wants out of a candidate/party. Have a lot of grass roots activities such as writing a senator, marching, etc. |
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PAC |
is donated money so that they can push parties to focus on what they want |
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Single-Interest group |
A group having one focus right they are trying to push |
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Lobbying |
Done by lobbyist. They hang around people of power and can take the interest of the group to push it on that person. Cannot go to judges it is illegal |
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Amicus curiae |
Having a friend of the court. Indirectly lobbying for a interest group on judges. |
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Party platform |
What your party believes in |
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Closed Primary |
Only party members are voting on the candidates. (Most states) |
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Open Primary |
Someone can vote once for either party (Raiding occurs IN THE OPEN PRIMARY when members of one party go in great numbers goes into another party primary and vote for the other parties weakest candidate) |
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Blanket Primary |
You vote both parties primary election |
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Campaign Finance |
The Federal Election Campaign (FEC) watches the candidates and make sure the money is used right. |
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Hard money |
Is the donation but is on small amounts (not above 200) and are watched heavily |
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Soft money |
the rules are more squishy and giving money to a other companies so that they can try and buy a candidate |
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Runoff primary |
That they keep revoting till someone wins above 50% |
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Voter turnoff |
When a candidate can only say negative things about other people, but nothing positive about their own policy |
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Registration |
When you are officially allowed to vote. 30 days before the voting to register. |
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Gerrymandering |
A party that redraws the district lines with bias. |
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Racist gerrymandering |
Splitting up the districts lines cutting up the minority vote. Very illegal. |
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Pro-Race gerrymandering |
Splitting them up so the minority has the voice. Bleaching meaning they turn the district white. |
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Depending voting |
Letting the party decide your vote. (Checking one party for the whole vote) |
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Massachusetts Ballot (Office Ballot) |
You have to go each by each. |
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Independent voting |
Having to do more research and having to go position by position |
