USG Chapter 9
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| show | political parties, interest groups, mass media, public opinion, and campaign funding
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| the aggregation of views shared by a segment of society on issues of interest or concern to people | show 🗑
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| the choices the government makes and the actions it takes in response to a particular issue or problem | show 🗑
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| show | political socialization
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| any means of communication that provides information to a large audience, including magazines, radio, television news, and news on the Web | show 🗑
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| information designed to shape public opinion | show 🗑
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| a survey of people scientifically selected to provide opinions about something | show 🗑
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| show | sample
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| a poll’s margin of error, or uncertainty level | show 🗑
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| errors introduced by polling methods that lead to one outcome over others | show 🗑
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| freedom from bias and outside factors that may influence the results of a poll | show 🗑
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| show | exit poll
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| show | special interest group
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| show | political action committee
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| a business group that represents certain industries or parts of industries | show 🗑
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| show | labor unions
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| show | endorse
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| show | lobbying
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| the lowest level of an organization or society | show 🗑
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| show | political party
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| the difference in political views held by the different political parties | show 🗑
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| show | nomination process
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| the body of people entitled to vote | show 🗑
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| show | one-party system
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| a system of government in which two political parties compete for control of the government | show 🗑
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| a system of government in which several political parties compete for control of the government | show 🗑
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| show | third party
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| a candidate who is not associated with any political party | show 🗑
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| the smallest unit of area for administering elections and local voting | show 🗑
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| a voting district made up of several precincts | show 🗑
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| money that is donated to an individual campaign | show 🗑
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| money that is given to a political party rather than to a specific candidate | show 🗑
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| show | write-in candidates
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| a meeting of all the House members from a particular party held to elect party officers | show 🗑
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| show | direct primary
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| a primary election in which only voters registered as party members can vote in selecting that party’s candidates | show 🗑
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| a primary election in which any registered voter may vote in either party’s primary election | show 🗑
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| show | plurality
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| show | absentee ballot
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| show | help determine the public agenda.
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| show | predict election results before polls close.
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| show | influencing public policy
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| What is the relationship between interest groups and political action committees? | show 🗑
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| show | form a political action committee.
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| show | representing a societal rather than business group
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| show | asking voters to elect the candidate.
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| show | the main goal of political parties is to elect their members to public office.
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| What party system is the most common party system? | show 🗑
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| What is the origin of the today’s two major U.S. political parties? | show 🗑
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| show | appeal to as broad a base as possible.
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| show | Voters may vote for an unknown candidate because they support the party’s views
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| show | lack party unity
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| show | collect the signatures of a certain number of qualified voters.
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| show | caucus
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| show | Voters have gained a greater voice
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| The main task of a national nominating convention is to | show 🗑
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| show | congressional election
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| show | negative
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