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political culture
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a distinctive and patterned way of thinking about how political and economic life ought to be carried out.
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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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Equality of opportunity
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giving people an equal chance to succeed.
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equality of results
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making certain that people achieve the same result
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civic duty
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a belief that one has an obligation to participate in civic and political affairs
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progressive culture
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a belief that personal freedom and solving social problems are more important than religion.
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orthodox culture
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a belief that morality and religion ought to be of decisive importance.
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political efficacy
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A belief that you can take part in politics or that the govt will respond to the citizenry
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gender gap
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difference in political views between men and women
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political elites
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persons with a disproportionate share of political power
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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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the difference between the results of random samples taken at the same time
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exit polls
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polls based on interviews conducted on election day with randomly selected voters
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literacy test
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a requirement that citizens show 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 register to vote
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grandfather clause
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a clause in registration laws allowing people who do not meet registration requirements to vote if they or their ancestors had voted before 1867
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white primary
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the pratice of keeping blacks from voting in the southern states primaries thru arbitrary use of registration requirements and intimidation
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Australian ballot
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a govt-printed ballot of uniform dimensions to be cast in secret that many states adopted around 1890 to reduce voting fraud associated with party-printed ballots cast in public
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activist
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people who tend to participate in all forms of politics
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political party
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a group that seeks to elect candidates to public office
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national convention
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a meeting of party delegates held every four years
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national committee
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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 tht 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 caucuases
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political machine
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a party organization that recruits members by dispensing patronage
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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 they do not recieve a majority used in almost all american elections
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caucus
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a meeting of party members to select delegates backing one or another primary candidate
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coalition
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an alliance of factions
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Middle America
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people who are the working class
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liberal
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favorable to progress or reform, as in political or religious affairs.
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Libertarian
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a person who advocates liberty, esp. with regard to thought or conduct.
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Populist
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a person who believes:any of various, often antiestablishment or anti-intellectual political movements or philosophies that offer unorthodox solutions or policies and appeal to the common person rather than according with traditional party or partisan ideologies.
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quota sample
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a convenience sample with an effort made to insure a certain distribution of demographic variables. Subjects are recruited as they arrive and the researcher will assign them to demographic groups based on variables like age and sex. When the quota for a given demographic group is filled, the researcher will stop recruiting subjects from that particular group.
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focus groups
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a form of qualitative research in which a group of people are asked about their perceptions, opinions, beliefs and attitudes towards a product, service, concept, advertisement, idea, or packaging
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push poll
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a political campaign technique in which an individual or organization attempts to influence or alter the view of respondents under the guise of conducting a poll
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saliency
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a projection of the forward line into enemy-held territory
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