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APGOV Unit 2

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Interest Group Group of people gathering around a policy issue to influence/work with policy makers to pass legislation favorable to the group. They also engage in lobbying and draft legislation.
Iron Triangles Mutually beneficial relationship between IGs, govt agencies, and congressional committees.
What do Bureaucrats provide in Iron Triangles? Create regulations, implement policies that benefit IGs, and supply useful info to congressional committees.
What do IGs provide in Iron Triangles? Give electoral support, campaign donations, voter mobilization to Congressional Members. Give data/expertise to bureaucrats.
What do Congresional Committees provide in Iron Triangles? Give funding/political support to bureaucrats and pass laws beneficial to IGs.
Primary Elections Elections in which members of a party vote on which candidate they want to represent them in the general election.
Open Primaries Any registered voter can vote in either party's primary, but not both.
Closed Primaries Only the people register with the party can vote in those primaries.
Blanket Primaries All candidates are on a list on a ballot for the voter to choose, regardless of party affiliation.
Caucus Voters meet up to discuss and debate their opinions and then vote publicly.
Winner Take All system The representative that wins a state over gets the votes of all electors, even if they aren't affiliated with their party.
Opinion Poll Helps to get a feel more the publics feeling on a certain topic/candidate
Benchmark Poll Taken at the start of a candidates run, giving them a benchmark in which they can compare to future polls to see how well they are doing; measures success
Tracking Poll Conducted over time, usually w/ same group of people and gives info above how the group feels regarding a certain issue
Entrance/exit Polls Conducted either before or after voting sites to ask people how they voted. Speeds up the process of measuring voters.
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