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Elections & Campaigns, Political Parties, Interest Groups & Social Movements, Me

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show Different ways individuals take action to shape the laws & policies of government.  
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Political Action Committee   show
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Linkage Institution   show
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Social Movement   show
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show The right to vote.  
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show Allows those 18 years or older to vote.  
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Twenty-Fourth Amendment   show
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Poll Tax   show
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Voter Turnout   show
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Demographic Characteristics   show
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Socioeconomic Status (SES)   show
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Political Efficacy   show
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show Efforts by political parties to encourage their members to vote.  
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Registration Requirements   show
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Absentee Ballot   show
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Rational Choice Voting   show
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Retrospective Voting   show
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Prospective Voting   show
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Party-Line Voting   show
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Electoral College   show
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show System of elections where the candidate winning the plurality of voters within a state receives all that state's votes in Electoral College.  
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show State where polls show a close contest Republican & Democratic candidate in residential election.  
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Swing State   show
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Get Out The Vote (GOTV)   show
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Super PAC   show
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show Kainsianism stimulates the econmoy when it goes down, so ppl got lazy & caused inflation  
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show Organized group of party leaders, officeholders, & voters who work together to elect candidates to political office.  
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Party Identification   show
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show Voting for all of the candidates on the ballot from one political party.  
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Split-Ticket Voting   show
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show Set of positions & policy objectives that members of a political party agree to.  
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Recruitment   show
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Party Coalition   show
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show When groups of people supporting a political party shift their allegiance to a different political party.  
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show Major national election signaling a change in the balance of power between two parties.  
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show Time period where one party wins most national elections.  
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show 1969 trend, where one party controls one/two houses of Congress & the president is from the opposing party.  
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show Formal process through which parties choose their candidates from political office.  
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show Person who acts as the voters' representative at a convention to select party's nominee.  
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Primary Election   show
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show Primary election where all eligible voters may vote, regardless of party affiliation.  
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show Primary election here only registered party members may vote.  
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show Process where state's eligible voters meet to select delegates to represent their preferences in the nomination process.  
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Superdelegate   show
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show Decision by state to push its primary or caucus o a date as early in the election season as possible, gaining more influence in the residential nomination process.  
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National Convention   show
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Candidate-Centered Campaign   show
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Two-Party System   show
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Proportional Representation System   show
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Single-Member Plurality System   show
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show Minor political party in competition with the two major parties.  
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show pg. 500  
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