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Unit 6 Vocab
Question | Answer |
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A one sided or slanted point of view. | Bias |
An organized effort to gather support for a candidate. | Campaign |
A person seeking an elected government office. | Candidate |
Going through neighborhoods asking for votes or taking public opinion polls. | Canvassing |
A meeting of political party members to conduct party business. Usually to nominate a candidate to run for office. | Caucus |
A political ideology in which a person wants to keep things the way the are, and want less change. They prefer a small government with less social programs, and more individual responsibility for success. | Conservative |
a large gathering of people who share a common interest including formal gatherings of people for political purposes. | Convention |
a writing or cartoon based on opinion of political events that is published in a newspaper or magazine and is designed to promote discussion about an issue. | Editorial |
People with similar points of view who work together to promote that point of view. | Interest Groups |
A political ideology in which a person is open to new ideas, and willing to initiate change or reform. They prefer a large government that can address social issues and provide programs to help groups achieve success. | Liberal |
An organized effort to persuade government officials to support a particular group or position on an issue. | Lobbying |
To choose a candidate to run for political office. | Nominate |
An item of a political party’s platform. Specific statements about how a political party’s stand on the issues. | Plank |
A political party’s statement of its goals and positions on public issues. It is made up of a series of planks. | Platform |
An organization established to raise money to support an issue or candidate. | Political Action Committee |
Political center- moderate: A political ideology in which a person’s opinions and beliefs are not strong or extreme. The majority of Americans fall into this category. | Political Center- Moderate |
An organization made up of people who share similar issues about the way the country should be governed. | Political Party |
Votes cast directly by the people. | Popular vote |
A geographical area that contains a specific number of voters. | Precinct |
Technique used to promote a particular person or idea. | Propaganda |
An elections in which voters can remove a public official from office. | Recall |
An election in which voters can approve or reject a local or state law. | Referendum |
The practice of voting for candidates of different political parties in an election. | Split Ticket |
The practice of voting for all the candidates of one party. | Straight Ticket |