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39 Cards in this Set
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How people think or feel about particular things.
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public opinion
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A survey of public opinion.
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poll
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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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random sample
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The difference between the results of random samples taken at the same time.
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sampling error
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Polls based on interviews conducted on Election Day with randomly selected voters.
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exit polls
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Process by which background traits influence one's political views.
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political socialization
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People who have a disproportionate amount of some valued resource.
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elite
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Difference in political views between men and women.
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gender gap
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A more or less consistent set of beliefs about what policies government ought to pursue.
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political ideology
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Persons with a disproportionate share of political power.
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political elites
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A standard of right or proper conduct.
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norm
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Citizens who are eligible to vote after reaching the minimum age requirement.
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voting-age population
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People who are registered to vote.
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registered voters
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A requirement that citizens show that they can read before registering to vote.
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literacy test
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A requirement that citizens pay a tax in order to register to vote.
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poll tax
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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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grandfather clause
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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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white primary
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A government-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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Australian ballot
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People who tend to participate in all forms of politics.
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activists
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A group that seeks to elect candidates to public office.
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political party
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Republican party faction of the 1890s to the 1910s, composed of reformers who opposed patronage
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mugwumps
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Periods when a major, lasting shift occurs in the popular coalition supporting one or both parties.
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realignment period
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Voting for candidates of different parties for various offices in the same election.
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split ticket
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Voting for candidates who are all of the same party.
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straight ticket
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A ballot listing all candidates of a given office under the name of that office; also called a "Massachusetts" ballot.
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office-bloc ballot
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A ballot listing all candidates of a given party together under the name of that party; also called an "Indiana" ballot.
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party-column ballot
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A meeting of party delegates held every four years.
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national convention
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Delegates who run party affairs between national conventions.
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national committee
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A party committee in Congress that provides funds to members and would-be members.
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congressional campaign committee
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Day-to-day party manager elected by the national committee.
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national chairman
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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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superdelegates
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A party organization that recruits members by dispensing patronage.
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political machine
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A party that values principled stands on issues above all else.
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ideological party
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The social rewards (sense of pleasure, status, or companionship) that lead people to join political organizations.
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solidary incentives
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A local or state political party that is largely supported by another organization in the community.
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sponsored party
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The political support provided to a candidate on the basis of personal popularity and networks.
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personal following
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An electoral system with two dominant parties that compete in national elections.
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two-party 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; used in almost all American elections.
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plurality system
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A meeting of party members to select delegates backing one or another primary candidate.
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caucus
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