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| ideas and attitudes held by a large group of people about government and political issues |
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| instructions or commands a constituency gives to its elected officials |
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| a continuum that describes how people view changes and government involvement |
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| tending to prefer the established political or social order or policy |
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| tendency to oppose a former and usually outmoded political or social order or policy |
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| advocating extreme measures to retain or restore a political state of affairs |
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| a philosophy that considers government as a crucial instrument for improving social inequities such as those involving race, gender, or class |
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| characterized by political or social beliefs that are not at either extreme of the political spectrum |
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| groups of people with common interests who organize to win elections, control government and influence patterns in voting and legislation |
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| a temporary alliance of several groups who come together to form a working majority and so to control a working government |
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| a party that has split away from one of the major parties |
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| a political party based on a shared ideology (that is, the group of people in the party share the same ideas and beliefs about how things are or how they ought to be) |
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| the practice of giving jobs to political supporters and friends |
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| a group of people who share common views or interests, but are not actually a political party, that work to get policies/laws to favor their views and interests |
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| activities by which group pressures are brought to bear on legislators, the legislative process, and all aspects of the public policy-making process |
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| a person who engages in lobbying |
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| an informal and unofficial poll or vote that is done to get information about what people think about something |
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| a formal poll that uses sophisticated research methods, such as random sampling, in an effort to make predictions about a population, such as an election outcome |
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| libel is malicious and false information intended to defame another person, specifically in printed form. Slander is malicious and false information intended to defame another person, specifically in spoken form. |
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| a personal and sometimes unreasoned judgment such as a prejudice |
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| governmental prohibition imposed on expression before the expression actually takes place |
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| Freedom of Information Act |
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| A U.S. law that allows for the full or partial disclosure of previously unreleased information and documents controlled by the U.S. government |
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| laws that protect journalists from forced disclosure of confidential news sources |
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| Federal Communications Commission (FCC) |
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| A U.S. Government agency whose mission is to make available so far as possible, to all the people of the United States, rapid, efficient, nationwide and worldwide wire and radio communication services with adequate facilities at reasonable charges. |
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