Va and US Govt
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| show | the process of candidate selection in a democracy; the naming of those who will seek office
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| show | the regularly scheduled election at which voters make a final selection of officeholders
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| show | as a nominating device, a group of like-minded people who met to select the candidates they will support in an upcoming election
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| direct primary | show 🗑
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| show | a party nominating election in which only declared party members can vote
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| show | a party-nominating election in which any qualified voter can take part
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| show | a voting process in which voters receive a long ballot containing the names of all contenders, regardless of party, and can vote however they choose
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| runoff primary | show 🗑
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| show | elections in which candidates are not identified by party labels
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| absentee voting | show 🗑
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| show | the effect of a strong candidate running for an office at the top of a ballot helping to attract voters to their candidates on the party’s ticket
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| show | the smallest unit of election administration; a voting district
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| polling place | show 🗑
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| show | the device voters use to register a choice in an election
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| political action committees (PACs) | show 🗑
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| show | a grant of money, usually from a government
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| soft money | show 🗑
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| show | campaign money that is subject to regulations by the FEC
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| public opinion | show 🗑
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| public affairs | show 🗑
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| mass media | show 🗑
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| opinion leaders | show 🗑
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| mandate | show 🗑
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| public opinion polls | show 🗑
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| show | polls that seek to read the public’s mind by simply asking the same question of a large number of people
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| show | the whole population that a poll tries to measure
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| random sample | show 🗑
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| show | a sample deliberately constructed to reflect several of the major characteristics of a given population
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| medium | show 🗑
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| show | the public issues on which the people’s attention is focused
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| sound bites | show 🗑
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