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Public Opinion

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how people think or feel about particular things

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Poll

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Survey of Public Opinion

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Random Sample

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Method of selecting from a population in which each person has an equal probability of being selected.

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Sampling Error

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Difference between the results of random samples taken at the same time.

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Exit Poll

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polls based on interviews conducted on election day with randomly selected voters

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Political Socialization

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Process by which background traits influence one’s political views

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Political Elites

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Persons with disproportionate share of political power

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Gender Gap

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Difference in political views between men and women

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Grosscutting Cleavages

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“cleavages” are racial, political, or religious divisions, this means when the cleavage overlaps.

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V.O Key

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researcher who found difference in political opinion were closely associated with occupation in the 1950s

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Barry Goldwater

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First major US politician to refer to himself as conservative

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Political Ideology

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A more or less consistent set of beliefs about what policies government ought to pursue

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Political Elites

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persons with a disproportionate share of political power

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Norm

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standard of right or proper conduct that helps determine the range of acceptable social behavior and policy options

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Voting Age Population

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citizens who are eligible to vote after reaching the minimum age requirement

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Registered Voters

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you register to vote when you tirn 18 and yet the US has only 66.5% of turnout of registered voters

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Motor Votor Law

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law that allows people in all 50 states to register to vote when applying for drivers licenses and provide registration through the mail and at some state offices that give disability checks.

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Literacy Test

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requirement that citizens shows that they can read before registering to vote

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Poll Tax

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a requirement that citizens pay a tax in order to vote

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White Primary

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The practice of keeping blacks from voting in the southern states primaries through arbitrary use of registration requirements and intimidation

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Voting Rights Act of 1965

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suspended the use if literacy tests and authorized the appointment of federal examiners who could order the registration of blacks in states and countries where fewer than 50% of the voting age population were registered or had voted in the last presidential election.

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Voting Rights Act of 1970

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gave 18 year olds the right to vote beginning in 1972

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Australian Ballot

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a government printed ballot of uniform dimensions to be cast in secret that many states adopted in 1890 to reduce voting fraud associated with party printed ballots cast in public

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Activists

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people who tend to participate in all forms of politics.

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Voting Specialists

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people who vote and are pretty informed

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Campaigners

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help senators and people running

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Communalists

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get involved around voting time

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Parochial participants

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randomly participate when they feel they have a reason to

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Fifteenth Amendment

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gave blacks the right to vote

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Nineteenth amendment

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womans suffrage

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Political Party

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a group that seeks to elect candidates to public office

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MugWumps/Progressives

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Republican Party faction of the 1890s to the 1910s composed of reformers who opposed patronage

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Critical/ Realignment Period

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a period where a major, lasting shift occurs in the popular coalition supporting one or both parties

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Split Ticket

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voting for candidates from different parties on the same ballot

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Straight Ticket

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voting for candidates from the same parties on the same ballot

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Office Bloc Ballot

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ballot on which all candidates are listed under the office for which the are running, making split ticket voting easier

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Party Column Ballot

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type of ballot that encourages party line voting by listing all of a party’s candidates in a column under the party name

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National Convention

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a meeting of party delegates held every four hours

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National Comittee

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delegates who run party affairs between national conventions

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Congressional Campaign Committee

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a party committee in congress that provides funds to members and would be members

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National Chairman

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day to day party manager elected by the national committee

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Superdelegates

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party leaders and elected officials who become delegates to the national convention without having to run in primaries or caucuses

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Political Machine

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a party organization that recruits members by dispensing patronage

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Ideological Party

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party that values principled stands on issues above all else

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Solidary Incentives

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social rewards (sense of pleasure, status, or companionship) that lead people to join political organizations

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Sponsored Party

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a local or state political party that is largely supported by another organization in the community

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Personal Following

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political support provided to a candidate on the basis of personal popularity and networks

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Two Party System

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an electoral system with two dominant parties that compete in national elections

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Plurality System

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an electoral system in which the winner is the person who gets the most votes even if he or she does not receive a majority. This is used in almost all american elections

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Caucus

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meeting of party members to select delegates backing one or another primary candidate

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