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Comparative Political Study
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Comparing political institutions and behaviors from state to state and community to community in order to identify and explain similarities or differences.
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Commonwealth
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Any self governing community
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State Economic Development
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Population growth and the income and educational levels of a state's population.
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Political Refugee
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Those residing in the U.S. because they have "a well-founded fear of persecution" in their country of origin.
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Illegal Aliens
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Persons residing illegally in a nation, sometimes referred to as undocumented residents
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Aliens
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Persons residing in a nation who are not citizens
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Amnesty
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Government forgiveness of a crime, usually granted to a group of people.
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Illegal Immigration
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The unlawful entry of people from other nations into the U.S.
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Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) Agency
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Federal agency responsible for the enforcement of immigration and customs laws.
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Political Entrepreneurship
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The tendency of candidates in electoral campains to propose policy innovations in order to publicize themselves and win votes.
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Sanctuary Cities
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Cities with politically liberal electorates that do not enforce federal immigration laws.
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Liberalism
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Referring to a state's tendency to expand welfare benefits, regulate business, adopt progressive state income taxes, and generally use the resources to government to achieve social change.
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Conservatism
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Referring to a state's tendency to limit welfare benefits, deregulation business, keep taxes low, and generally place less reliance on government and more reliance on individuals and the marketplace to achieve social goals.
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Political Culture
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Historical styles and traditions in states' politics that cannot be directly attributed to demographic factors.
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Wedges
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Moral issues designed to cause someone to cross party lines.
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