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People and Politics
Unit 6 Content and Vocabulary
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Candidate | Someone running for elected office |
| Education, Age and Income | Factors that predict who is most likely to vote |
| 18 years old | Minimum age to be eligible to vote |
| Register to vote | One must do this before being able to vote |
| Polling Place | Where one will vote on election day; determined by your address |
| Media | Television and Internet news, Newspapers, Radio News and Social Media |
| Public Opinion | A measurement of how the public feels about certain political issues |
| Public Policy | Laws and regulations |
| Lobbyist | A person for works for a special interest group |
| Political Party | A group of people with similar political beliefs |
| Platform | the official legislative agenda of a political party |
| Primary Election | Elections used to official choose a political party's candidate |
| Third Party | Any of the numerous political parties that are not the two mainstream parties (Republicans and Democrats) |
| Does the Media Shape public opinion? | Yes |
| Purposes and functions of political parties | Recruiting and nominating candidates; educating electorate about campaign issues; helping candidates win elections; raising money for campaign costs, monitoring actions of elected officials |
| Similarities of Political Parties | Organize to win elections; influence public policies, reflect both liberal and conservative viewpoints, attempt to appeal to political center |
| Difference of Political Parties | Beliefs as shown in party platform and reflected in campaigns |
| Strategies to evaluate campaign information | Separating fact from opinion; detecting bias; evaluating sources of information; identifying propaganda |
| Ways interest groups influence public policy | Identifying issues; making political contributions; lobbying government officials; representing different viewpoints; publicizing issues |
| Two-Party System | Our political system is dominated by the two major political parties |
| Electoral College | Officially chooses the president and vice president |
| Popular Vote | When citizens vote on election day |
| 270 | Majority of electoral college votes needed to win the presidency |
| 538 | Total number of electoral college votes |
| In Virginia, registration closes ____ days before the election. | 22 |
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