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Vocabulary
Unit 6 People and Politics
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Campaign
• An organized effort to gather support for a candidate.
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Conservative
• A political ideology in which a person wants to keep things the way the are, and want less change. They prefer a small government with less social programs, and more individual responsibility for success.
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Canvassing
• Going through neighborhoods asking for votes or taking public opinion polls.
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Interest Groups
• People with similar points of view who work together to promote that point of view.
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Referendum
• An election in which voters can approve or reject a local or state law.
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Precinct
• A geographical area that contains a specific number of voters.
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Bias
• A one sided or slanted point of view.
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Propaganda
• Technique used to promote a particular person or idea.
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Candidate
• A person seeking an elected government office.
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Platform
• A political party’s statement of its goals and positions on public issues. It is made up of a series of planks.
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Liberal
• A political ideology in which a person is open to new ideas, and willing to initiate change or reform. They prefer a large government that can address social issues and provide programs to help groups achieve success.
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Political Action Committee (PAC)
• An organization established to raise money to support an issue or candidate.
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Nominate
• To choose a candidate to run for political office.
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Lobbying
• An organized effort to persuade government officials to support a particular group or position on an issue.
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Political center- moderate
• Political center- moderate: A political ideology in which a person’s opinions and beliefs are not strong or extreme. The majority of Americans fall into this category.
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Straight Ticket
• The practice of voting for all the candidates of one political party.
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Editorials
• a writing or cartoon based on opinion of political events that is published in a newspaper or magazine and is designed to promote discussion about an issue.
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Convention
• a large gathering of people who share a common interest including formal gatherings of people for political purposes.
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Plank
• An item of a political party’s platform. Specific statements about how a political party’s stand on the issues.
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Caucus
• A meeting of political party members to conduct party business. Usually to nominate a candidate to run for office.
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Popular Vote
• Votes cast directly by the people.
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Split Ticket
• The practice of voting for candidates of different political parties in an election.
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Recall
• An elections in which voters can remove a public official from office.
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Political Party
• An organization made up of people who share similar issues about the way the country should be governed.