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Election vocab
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| liberal | open mind govt. Govt. should do it all it can for the people |
| conservation | Beleive people should take care of themeselves |
| Third parties | Minor political parties in a two- party system |
| Editorial | News articale that gives the opinion of editor or publisher |
| political process | Americans put their political ideas to work at all levels of govt |
| Nominating | To select candidates |
| Officeholders | Men and women that do the goverments work for the people |
| Two-party-system | political parties are part of american govt. Two strong parties... Rupublican and Democratic |
| Op-ed pieces | The page opposite the Editorial page ... page of special features |
| issue- oriented | Being aware of the issues facing the US |
| precinct | An area with definite bounderies used for election purposes |
| Majority | More than half |
| public policy | Laws that promote interests of general public |
| polling place | A place where citizens go to vote |
| Finance | Money of the goverment, business, group, or individual |
| primary | Election where votes of various parties choose a candidate to run in the General Election |
| Register | An official of keeper of the record |
| Vote turnout | Number of people that vote in an election |
| policy marker | A person that makes rules, regulation, and laws |
| Accountable | Responsible |
| General Election | An election in which the voters elects their leaders |
| Electorate | The "people"who choose the electors |
| Electores | people elected by the voters in presidential elections as members of the Electoral college |
| Electorial college | Groupe of electors that cast the official votes the elect the president and the vice president |
| platform | Decleration of princepals and polices adopted by a political party |
| Reasoned choices | Making a choice that is not extreme- justified, moderate |
| Bias | To give a prejudiced outlook |
| propaganda | Ideas that are spread to influence people |
| Media | TV,radio,newspapers,magazeines,books |
| Forem | A public meeting place for discussion |
| lobbying | Trying to influence poliecies and decisions |
| Deomonstrateing | To make clear by reasoning or evidence |
| interest group | Groups that promote the interestsof the general public |
| candidates | People who run for election for public office |
| poll | A survay taken to measure public opinion |
| PACS | The political arms of an interest groupe that collect voluntary contributions form members to funed politicalcandidates and parties the ineterst group favors |
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