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Vvvvocab 🫥🫵🏻[Unit 5] Flashcards

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Political Participation

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The different ways in which individuals take action to shape laws and policies of a government

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Political action committee

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An organization that raises money to elect and defeat candidates and may donate money directly to a candidates campaign

Subject to limits - i.e BCRA and FECA

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Linkage institution

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Channels that connect individuals with government with government, including elections, political parties, interest groups, and the media

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Social movement

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The joining of individuals seeking social or political change with the goal of placing issues in the policy agenda

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Suffrage

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The right to vote

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Poll tax

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A payment required by a state or federal government before a citizen is allowed to vote

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Voter turnout

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The number of eligible voters who participate in an election as a percentage of the total number of eligible voters

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Demographic characteristics

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measurable characteristics of a population, such as economic status, education, age, race, or ethnicity, and gender

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Socioeconomic status

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A measure of an individuals wealth, income, occupation, and educational attainment

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Political efficacy

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A persons belief that he or she can make effective political change

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Political mobilization

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Efforts by political parties to encourage their members to vote

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Registration requirements

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The set of rules that govern who can vote and how, when, and where they vote

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Absentee Ballot

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Voting completed and submitted by a voter before the day of an election without going to the polls

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Rational choice voting

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Citing based on what a citizen believes is in his or her best interest

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Retrospective voting

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Voting based on an assessment of an incumbents past performance

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Prospective voting

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Casting a ballot for a candidate who promises to enact policies favored by the voter in the future

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Party-line voting

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Voting for candidates who belong only to one party for all of the offices on the ballot

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Electoral College

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A constitutionally required process for selecting the president through slates of electors chosen in each state, who are pledged to vote for a nominee in the presidential election

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Winner-take-all system

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A system of elections in which the candidate who wins the plurality of votes within a state receives all of that states votes in the electoral college

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Battleground state

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A state where the polls show a close contest between the republican and democratic candidate in a presidential election

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Swing state

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A state where levels of support for the parties are similar and elections swing back and forth between democrats and republicans

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GOTV
(Get out the Vote)

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Efforts to mobilize supporters

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Super PAC

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an organization that may spend an unlimited amount of money in a political campaign, as long as the spending is not coordinated with a campaign

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Party identification

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The degree to which a voter is connected to an influenced by a particular political party

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Straight ticket voting
Voting for all of the candidates on the ballot from one political party
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Split ticket voting
Voting for candidates from different parties in the same elections
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Party platform
A set of positions and policy objects that members of a political party agree to
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Recruitment
The process through which political parties identify potential candidates
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Party Coalition
Groups of voters who support a political party over time
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Realignment
When the groups of people who support a political party shift their allegiance to a different political party
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Critical election
A major national election that signals a change in the balance of power between two parties
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Party era
Time period when one party wins most national elections
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Era of divided government
A trend since 1969 in which one party controls one or both houses of congress and the president is from the opposing party
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Nomination
The formal process through which parties choose their candidates for political office
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Delegate
A person who acts as the voters representative at a convention to select the party’s nominee
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Primary election
An election in which a states voters choose delegates who support a presidential candidate for nomination or an election by a plurality vote to select a party’s nominee for a seat in congress
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Open primary
A primary election in which all eligible voters may vote, regardless of their party affiliation
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Closed Primary
A primary election in which only those who have registered as a member of a political party may vote
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Caucus
A process through which a states eligible voters meet to select deleito represent their preferences in the nomination process
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Superdelegate
Usually a party leader or activist who is not pledged to a candidate based on the outcome of the states primary or caucus
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Front-loading
A decision by a state to push its primary or caucus to a date as early in the election season as possible to gain more influence in the presidential nomination process
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National convention
A meeting where delegates officially select their parties nominee for the presidency
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Candidate-centered
A trend in which candidates develop their own strategies and raise money with less influence from the party elite
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Two-party system
A system in which two political parties dominate politics, winning almost all elections
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Proportional representation system
An election system for a legislature in which citizens vote for parties rather than individuals and parties are represented in the legislature according to the percentage of the vote they receive
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Single-member plurality system
An election system for choosing members of the legislature where the winner is the candidate who receives the most votes, even if the candidate does not receive a majority of the votes
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Third party
A minor political part in competition with the two major parties
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Interest Groups
Voluntary associations of ppl who come together with the goal of getting the policies that they favor enacted
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Social movements
Diffuse groups that educate the public and put pressure on policymakers in an effort to bring about societal change
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Theory of participatory democracy
The belief that citizens impact policy making through their involvement in civil society
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Civil Society
Groups outside the government that advocate for policy
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Pluralist theory
A theory that political power is distributed among many competing groups, which means that no single group can grow too powerful
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Elitist theory
A theory that the wealthy elite class has a disproportionate amount of economic and polio power
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Policy agenda
The set of issues to which government officials, voters, and the public are playing attention
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Collective action
Political action that occurs when individuals contribute their energy, time, or money to a larger group goal
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Collective good
Also: public good A public benefit that everyone can enjoy or profit from even if they do not help achieve it
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Free riders
Individuals who enjoy collective goods and benefit from the actions of an interest group without joining
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Selective benefits
Benefits available only to those who join the group
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Economic interest groups
Groups advocating in behalf of the collective interests of their members
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Public interest groups
Groups that act on half of the collective interests of a broad group of individuals
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Single-Issue groups
Association focusing on one specific area
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Government interest groups
Organizations acting on behalf of local, state, or foreign governments
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Lobbying
Interacting with government officials in order to advance a groups public policy goals
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Revolving door
The movement of individuals between positions in government and lobbying positions
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Amicus curiae brief
A brief filed by someone who is not a party to a case in an attempt to persuade the court to agree with the arguments set forth in the brief
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Iron Triangle
The core donated and mutually beneficial activities of the bureaucracy, Congress, and interest groups to achieve a shared policy goal
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Issue network
The webs of influence between interest groups, policy makers, and policy advocates
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Grassroots lobbyists
Mobilizing interest group members to pressure their representatives by contacting them directly through phone calls, email, and social media
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Protest
A public demonstration designed to call attention to the need for change
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Civil Disobedience
Intentionally breaking a law to call attention to an injustice
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News Media
A broad term that includes newspapers, magazines, radio, tv, internet sources, blogs, and social-media postings that cover important events
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Social media
Forms of electronic communication that enable users to create and share content or to participate in social networking
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Agenda setting
The medias ability to highlight certain issues and bring them to the attention of the public
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Mass media
Sources of information designed to reach a wide audience Including newspapers, radio, tv, and internet outlets
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Wire service
An organization that gathers and reports on news and then sells the stories to other outlets
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Investigative journalism
An approach to news gathering in which reporters dig into stories, often looking for instances of wrongdoing
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Broadcast media
Outlets for news and other content including radio and television that bring stories directly into people’s homes
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Media Consolidation
The concentration of ownership of the media into fewer corporations
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Partisan bias
The slanting of political news coverage in support of a particular political party or ideology
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Horse-race journalism
Coverage of political campaigns that focuses more on the frame of the campaign than on the policy issues

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