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| Relation between influence and political participation |
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| Relation between participation rates and participation costs |
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| Provided by democratic elections, relieves displeasure of people whose positions on issues are not supported or are ignored by government. |
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| an aggregate action that is supposed to influence public policy |
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| Number of people that Claim to write to congressional rep's |
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| Initiative and referendum |
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| advocates seek voter signatures on a petition to place a measure on the ballot |
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| Where are initiative and referendum more popular? |
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| qualified direct initiative |
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| initiative automatically scheduled for popular votes |
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| qualified indirect initiative |
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| initiative which req's legislative approval before being scheduled for popular votes |
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| declining vote from the head of the ballot to the bottom |
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| active involvement in gathering information and participating, being informed, and rationally supporting the candidate who best reflect's one's personal positions. |
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| Overall turnout for presidential candidates |
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| average governor race turnout |
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| turnout barely exceeded by local elections |
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| Enduring and sharp correspondence between political parties and major segments of society. |
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| Registration restrictions |
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| We have the most ____ registration procedures of any democracies. Voters most be proactive to secure right to vote. |
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| Exhausted voter explanation |
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| Fatigue by the number of times Americans must go to the polls |
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| voting requirement ruled unconstitutional by Supreme Court |
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| only states to place lifetime restrictions from voting on felons |
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| Massachusetts, New York, Maryland |
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| high success rate in US house of rep's reelections |
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| % of incumbents who sought reelection and won it in House of Rep's |
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| politics is not involving, of concern, or of much interest |
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| The psychological attitude that one must voluntarily obey decisions made by proper officials. |
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| Percentage of overall incumbents winning reelection |
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| relation between turnout and party representativeness in lower chamber |
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| relation between electorate competitiveness and legislative competitiveness |
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| to organize within the legislative body to pass laws |
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| party activities concerned with appealing to voters and contesting and winning contests for office |
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| when on party takes up one issue and the other just opposes it |
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| 1) defining membership 2)defining a formal party organization and its selection 3)allowing access to the state selection ballot or denying it if the party lacks support 4)providing procedures for nominating candidates and holding primaries 5)restricting campaign financing or providing public funds |
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| 5 types of states' regulations on parties |
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| voters register by party in advance of the primary election and this information is public |
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| voters choose which major party's primary to vote in at the time they cast their votes and that choice is private |
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| When political parties take clear stands, select candidates upholding those stands or party positions, educate the public on these positions, remove officeholders who dont uphold those positions, and organize themselves w/in th halls of govt to enact these positions into law |
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| correlation b/w % Dem's in legislature and tax burden |
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| correlation b/w Dem's in legislature and restrictiveness of abortion laws |
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| correlation b/w % Dem's in legislature and TANF benefits |
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| correlation b/w % Dems in legislature and state and local expenses |
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| state that leads in constructive relation b/w lobbysts and legislators |
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| correlation b/w population and contributions to state campaigns |
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| Percent of cities which use the mayor-council form |
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| percent of cities that use the council/manager form |
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| percent of cities using town meeting/representative town meeting form of govt |
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| various imposed reforms were intended mainly to disable the machines and to return power to "proper" persons |
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| percent of incumbent mayors that seek reelection and then win (2 percents) |
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| percent of local elections held at a time other than that for state and nat'l elections |
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| correlation b/w winning margin and turnout |
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| corr. b/w winning margin and city taxes per capita |
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| corr b/w winning margin and city general expenditures per capita |
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| Hunter's method for ide'ing those who influenced decisions or who had reputation for having power and influence |
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| Dahl's method to investigate how decisions are made through newspaper accounts and interviews |
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| corrb/w median family income and city taxes per capita |
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