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selective perception
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the tendency to screen out information that contradicts one's beliefs
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multiple-issue groups
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involved with a board range of issues
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direct primary
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an election in which voters directly choose a party's candidates for office
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coalitions
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a network of interest groups with similar concerns that combine forces to pursue a common goal; may be shortlived or permanent
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setting the agenda
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influencing the process by which problems concidered important and alturnative policies proposed
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public interest groups
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interest groups that chiefly pursue benefits that cannot be limited or restricted to their members
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interest groups
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organizations that try to achieve at least some of their goals with government assistance
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lobbying
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the efforts of interent froups to influence government
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dealignment
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independence of parties
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single-issue groups
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interest groups that pursue a single public interest goal and are characteristically reluctant to compromise
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winner-take-all
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one person is elected from a district or state, the person who recieves the most votes
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political action committee
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a committee established by corporation, labor union, or interest group that raises money and contributes it to a political campaign
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closed primary
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a primary election where participation is limited to those who are registered with a party or declare a prefrence for a party
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political machine
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the machine relied on the votes of the lower classes and, in exchange, provided jobs, and other services
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patronage
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a system in which elected officials appoint their supporters to administrative jobs; used by political machines to maintain themselves power
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divided government
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the situation when one political party controls the presidency and the other party controls one or both houses of congress
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commercial bias
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a slant in news coverage to please or avoid offending advertisers
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symbiotic relationship
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a relationship in which the parties use each other for mutual advantage
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sound bite
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a few key words or phrase included in a speech with the intent that television editors will use the phrase in a brief clip on the news
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private interest groups
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seek economic benefits for their members or clients
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game oriantation
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the assumption in political reporting that politics is a game and that politicians are the players; leads to an emphasis on strategy at the expense of substance in news stories
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realignment
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the transition from one stable party system to another, as occurred when the New Deal coalition was formed
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two-party system
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only two parties compete effectively for presidency
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political party
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to nominate and elect canididates to office
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suffrage
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the right to vote
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open primary
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a primary election that is not limited to members of a particular party; a voter may vote in either party's primary
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New Deal coalition
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the broadly based coalition of southern consercatives, northern liberals, and ethnic and religious minorites that sustained the Democratic Party for some 40 years
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adversarial relationship
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a relationship in which the parties are constantly in conflict with each other
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media events
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an event, usually consisting of a speech and a photo opportunity, that is staged for television and is intended to convey a particular impression of a politician's position on a issue
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scoops
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to obtain information before another reporter; also the information so obtained
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media malaise
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a feeling of cyniciam and distrust toward government and officials that is fostered by media coverage of politics
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ticket splitting
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voting for a member of one party for a high-level office and a member of another party for a different high-level office
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fireside charts
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short radio addresses given by president Franklin D. Roosevelt to win support for his policies and reassure the public during the Great Depression
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presidentail press conference
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a meeting at which the president answers questions from reporters
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horserace journalism
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knew where candidites ran in race but not where they stood on issures
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political bias
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a preference for candidates of particular parties or for certain stands on issues that affects a journalist's reporting
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leaks
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disclosures of information that some government officials want kept secert
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infotainment
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television news stories that, without any sacrifice of probity or responsibility, display the attributes of fiction, of drama
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