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Group of reformers who were able to reduce the worst forms of politicial corruption within politicial parties |
Progressive |
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Is Citizens sense that he or she can understand and influence politics |
Politicial efficacy |
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Reform oriented legislation that took federal employees out of machine politics |
Hatch act |
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A politicial party organized that recruits it's members by the use of tangible incentives and is characterized by a high degree of leadership control over members activities |
Politicial machine |
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A politicial party organized build around Allegiance to a particular candidate |
Personal following |
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Legislation that gave women the right to vote in all elections |
19th Amendment |
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The citizen simply ignores or gets irritated by messages that do not record with existing beliefs |
Mental tune out |
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What station that made it illegal to exclude potential voters based on color |
15th Amendment |
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A doctrine that is government printed, of uniform size, and cast in secret |
Australian ballot |
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A time during which a sharp, lasting shift occurs in the popular coalition supporting one or both parties |
Re-alignment |
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The practice of voting for one major parties candidates in state or local elections and others at the national level |
Split ticket |
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A party realignment that occurs during the 1932 election in which urban workers southern, white, northern blacks, and Jewish voters join together to make the Democratic party the majority party |
New Deal coalition |
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A politician that currently holds a certificate lection office |
Incumbent |
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The percentage of the voting age population that votes |
Turn out |
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A group of conservative Fundamentalist |
Christian coalition |
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A phenomenon in which a citizen simply ignores or is irritated by messages on radio and television that do not mesh with existing beliefs |
Mental tune out |
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Pac contributions for advertising supporting or opposing a candidate that are made without a candidate's direction and approval |
Independent expenditures |
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A means by which the house can remove a bill stalled in committee |
DisChange petition |
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The theory of congressional voting behavior that assumes that members make voting decisions in order to please fellow members and obtain their Goodwill |
Party vote |
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Plays an important role in the consideration of bills |
Rules Committee |
