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12 GOV Vocab 6,8, 9
Ponder GOV Vocab CH 6, 8, & 9
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| suffrage | The right to vote. |
| franchise | The right to vote. |
| electorate | the potential voting population |
| transient | persons living in the State for only a short time, without legal residence there |
| registration | A procedure of voter identification intended to prevent fraudulent voting. |
| purge | The process of reviewing lists of registered voters and removing the names of those no longer eligible to vote; a purification. |
| poll books | List of all registered voters in each precinct. |
| literacy | A person’s ability to read or write. |
| poll tax | A special tax, demanded by States, as a condition of voting. |
| gerrymandering | The drawing of electoral district lines to the advantage of a party or group. |
| injunction | A court order that forces or limits the performance of some act by a private individual or by a public official. |
| preclearance | Mandated by the Voting Rights Act of 1965, the prior approval by the Justice Department of changes to or new election laws by certain States. |
| off-year election | Congressional election that occurs between presidential election years. |
| political efficacy | One’s own influence or effectiveness on politics. political socialization |
| gender gap | Measurable differences between the partisan |
| public opinion | The complex collection of the opinions of many different people; the sum of all their views. |
| mass media | Those means of communication that reach large audiences, especially television, radio, printed publications, and the Internet. |
| peer group | People with whom one regularly associates, including friends, classmates, neighbors, and co-workers. |
| opinion leader | Any person who, for any reason, has an unusually strong influence on the views of others. |
| mandate | The instructions or commands a constituency gives to its elected official |
| interest group | Private organizations whose members share certain views and work to shape public policy. |
| public opinion poll | Devices that attempt to collect information by asking people questions. |
| straw vote | Polls that seek to read the public’s mind simply by asking the same question of a large number of people. |
| sample | A representative slice of the public. |
| random sample | A certain number of randomly selected people who live in a certain number of randomly selected place |
| quota sample | A sample deliberately constructed to reflect several of the major characteristics of a given population. |
| medium | A means of communication; something which transmits information. |
| public agenda | The public issues on which the people’s attention is focused. |
| lobbying | Activities by which group pressures are brought to bear on legislators, the legislative process, and all aspects of the public-policy-making process. |
| grass roots | Of or from the people, the average voters. |
| public-interest groups | An interest group that seeks to institute certain public policies of benefit to all or most people in this country, whether or not they belong to or support that organization. |
| trade association | Interest groups within the business community. |
| political socialization | The process by which people gain their political attitudes and opinions. |
| party identification | Loyalty of people to a political party. |
| straight-ticket voting | The practice of voting for candidates of only one party in an election. |
| independents | A term used to describe people who have no party affiliation. |
| public affairs | Those events and issues that concern the people at large, e.g., politics, public issues, and the making of public policies. |
| sound bite | Short, sharply focused reports that can be aired in 30 or 45 seconds. |
| propaganda | A technique of persuasion aimed at influencing individual or group behaviors to create a particular belief, regardless of its validity. |
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