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Political Parties
Chapter 8 Political parties and interest groups
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Political Parties | an organization that seeks to achieve power by electing its members to public office |
| Interest Group | any organized group whose members share a common goal and try to promote their interests by influencing government policymaking and decision making |
| Two-Party System | a political system in which two parties dominate the electoral process and control the government |
| Special Interest | a group that seeks to influence government policymaking and decision making to further its particular goals; an interest group |
| Pluralism | the idea that political power should be distributed and shared among various groups in a society |
| Political Action Committee | (PACs) an organization that raises and distributes funds to candidates running for office |
| Lobbying | an organized effort to influence the policy process by persuading public officials to favor or oppose action on a specific issue |
| Public Policy | a plan or course of action initiated by government to achieve a stated goal |
| Conservatism | An ideology that favors limited government and private enterprise to achieve social & economic goals |
| Liberalism | Ideology that government can and should play an active role in society to achieve goals |
| Political Platform | Explains the core beliefs of a political party on essential issues (immigration, abortion, taxes, etc) |
| Environmentalism | A social movement dedicated to protecting the earth's life support systems for us and other species. |
| Propaganda | Information, especially of a biased or misleading nature, used to promote or publicize a particular political cause. |
| Name-calling | An attack on a person instead of an issue |
| Testimonials | Using an expert or celebrity to sell or support a product or cause. |
| Bandwagon | Attempt to persuade people to think, support, or buy something because it is popular or everyone is doing it. |
| Card-stacking | Telling one side of the story as though there is no opposing view |
| Just Plain Folks | Effort to make people think that a candidate is just like voters. Candidates wear hard hats, eat hamburgers, or talk to voters. |
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