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Unit 3 Vocab

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Political Party   An association of votes before they are permitted to cast a ballot  
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Two-party system   A system of government in which two parties  
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Third-party   a party that challenges the two major parties  
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Platform   a series of statements expressing the parties principles, beliefs, and positions on elections issues  
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Caucus   a meeting of political party members to conduct party business  
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Political Machine   a strong party organization that an control political appointments and deliver votes  
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Direct Primary   an election in which voters choose candidates to represent each party in a general election  
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Closed Primary   an election in which only the declared members of a party are allowed to vote for that parties nominess  
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Open Primary   an election in which voters need not declare their party preference to vote for the parties nominees  
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Plurality   the mot votes among all those running for a political office  
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Majority   a number that is more than so percent the total  
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Petition   a formal request for government action  
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Polling Place   the location where voting is carried out  
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Ballots   a list of candidates on which you cast your vote  
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Absentee Ballot   on that allows a person to vote without going to the polls on Election day  
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Returns   profit earned through investing  
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Exit Poll   a survey taken at the polling place of how people voted  
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Electorate   all the people who are eligible to vote  
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Proposition   a petition asking for a new law  
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Referendum   a way for citizens to vote on state or local laws  
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Recall   a special election in which citizens can vote to remove a republic official from office  
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Propaganda   certain ideas that may involve misleading messages to manipulate people  
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Political Action Committee   political organization established by a corporation labor union or other special interest group designed to support candidates by contributing money  
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Soft Money   donations given to political parties and not designated for a particular candidates election campaign  
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Public Opinion   the ideas and attitude that most people hold about elected officials candidates government and political issues  
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Mass Media   mechanisms of mass communication including television radio newspaper magazines recordings movies and book  
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Interest Group   a group of people who share a point of view about an issue and unite to promote their people  
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Public Opinion Poll   a survey in which individuals are asked to answer questions about a particular issue or person  
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Pollster   a specialist whose job is to conduct polls regularly  
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Survey   together information about as in a poll  
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Print Media   newspaper magazines newsletter and books  
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Electronic Media   media television and the internet  
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Public Agenda   issues considered most significant by government officials  
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Prior Restraint   government censorship of material before its published  
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Malice   evil intent  
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Regulatory   used to describe an agency or body whose function is to control or govern  
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Non partisan   free from party ties or bias  
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Lobbist   representative of an interest group who contacts law makers or other government officials directly to influence their policy.  
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