Political Parties
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| Attentive public | Those who follow politics and public affairs carefully
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| Conservative | Political ideology associated with those that favor slow or moderate change and limited government power.
Associated with the Republican party and more recently the social conservatives who favor "faith-based" solutions.
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| Democrat | Associated with liberal political ideology. Favor greater government action to promote the welfare of people and society as whole.
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| Demographics | Characteristics of populations, e.g., race, sex, income.
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| Gender Gap | Difference in voting patterns for men and women, particularly in the greater tendency of the latter to vote for Democratic presidential candidates
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| Ideology | Set of beliefs about political values and the role of government
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| Independent | One's not registered with a political party. Independent learners tend to vote for candidates of one particular party, whereas pure independents have no consistent pattern of party voting
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| Liberal | Political ideology associated with those that favor more government involvement and action to meet individual and societal needs
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| Party Identification | A sense of affiliation that a person has with a particular political party
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| Party platform | A list of positions and programs that the party adopts at the national convention. Each position is called a plank
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| Political Culture | The widely shared beliefs, values, and norms that citizens share about their government
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| Political efficacy | Capacity to understand and influence political events
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| Political Socialization | Process in which one acquires his/her political beliefs
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| Republican | Political ideology associated with conservatism, resistant to quick change. Often support policies such as free trade, local action, and fiscal responsibility
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| Solid South | Historically, the South voted solidly Democratic. However the south is now strongly Republican. Bush carried every Southern state in 2000.
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| Split ticket voting | Casting votes for candidates of one's own party and for candidates of opposing parties, e.g., voting for a Republican presidential candidate and a Democratic congressional candidate
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| Swing state | A state that doesn't consistently vote for either Democratic or republican in presidential elections
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| 3rd Party | AKA Minor Parties, created due to dissatisfaction with the 2 major parties especially concerned with specific issues and political trends, Not very competitive in elections but can ensure that major political parties their concerns
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