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chapter5-9
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| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Political parties | groups of people who seek to control government through the winning of elections and the holding of public office |
| Partisanship | government action based on the firm allegiance to a political party |
| Minor Party | one of the political parties not widely supported |
| Consensus | general agreement among various groups on fundamental matters |
| Incumbent | current officeholder |
| Faction | a conflicting group |
| Electorate | all of the people entitled to vote in a given election |
| Sectionalism | a narrow minded concern for , or devotion to the interest of one section of the country |
| Splinter Parties | parties that have split away from one major party |
| Split Ticket Voting | voting for candidates of different parties for different offices at the same election |
| Suffrage | the right to vote |
| Gerrymandering | the drawing of electoral district lines to the advantage of a party or group |
| Political Socializing | the process by which people gain their political attitudes and opinions |
| Independent | people have no political affiliation |
| Direct Primary | an election held within a party to pick that party's candidates for the general election |
| Closed Primary | a party nominating election in which only declared party members can vote |
| Ballot | the device voters used to register a choice in an election |
| Political Action Committee | the political extention of special interest groups which have a major stake in public policy |
| Soft Money | money given to the stae and local party organizations for voting-related activities |
| Hard Money | campaign money that is subject to regulations by the FEC |
| Public Affairs | those events and issues that concerned the people at large,e.g,politics, public issues, and the making of public policies |
| Mass Media | those means of communication that reaches large audiences |
| Public Opinion Poll | devices that attempt to collect info by asking people questions |
| Sample | a representative slice of a poll |
| Qouta Sample | a sample deliberately constructed to reflect several of the major characteristics |
| Public Policy | all of the many goals that a government pursues in all of the many areas of human affairs in which it has been involved |
| labor Union | an organization of workers who share the same type of job, or who work in the same industry, and press for government policies that will benifit their members |
| Propaganda | a technique of persuasion aimed at influencing individual or group behaviors to create a particular belief , regardless of its validity |
| Lobbying | activities by which group pressures are brought to bear on legislatures |
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