Unit 6 Stack
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| Canvassing | going through neighborhoods asking for votes or taking public opinion polls.
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| Interest groups | people with similar points of view who work together to promote that point of view
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| campaign | an organized effort to gater support for a candidate
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| conservative | a political ideology in which a person wants to keep things the way they are, and want less change. They prefer a small government with less social programs, and more individual responsibility for success.
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| Bias | a one sided or slanted point of view
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| candidate | a person seeking an elected government office
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| referendum | an election in which voters can approve or reject a local or state law
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| propaganda | technique used to promote a particular person or idea
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| precinct | a geographical area that contains a specific number of votes
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| platfrom | a political party's statement of its goals and positions on public issues. It is made up of a series of planks
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| liberal | a political ideology in which a person is open to new ideas, and willing to initiate change or reform. They prefer a larger government that can adress social issues and provide programs to help groups achieve success.
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| lobbying | an organized effort to persuade government officials to support a particular group or position on an issue
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| nominate | to choose a candidate to run for political office
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| PAC | an organization established to raise money to support an issue or candidate
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| 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
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| Convention | a large gathering of people who share a common interest including formal gathering of people for political purposes
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| editorials | 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
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| straight ticket | the practice of voting for all the candidate of one political party
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| plank | an item of a political party's platform. Specific statements about how a political party stands on the issues
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| caucus | a meeting of political party members to conduct party business. Usually to nominate a candidate to run for office
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| recall | elections in which voters can remove a public official from office
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| political party | an organization made up of people who share similar ideas about the way the country should be governed
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| popular vote | votes cast directly by the people
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| split ticket | the practice of voting for candidates of different political parties in an election
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