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| "friend of the court" brief filed by an interest group to influence a Supreme Court Decision |
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| contention that parties are less meaningful to voters, who have abandoned the parties in greater numbers to become independants |
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| government in which one party controls the presidency while another party controls the congress |
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| theory that upper class elites excercise great influence over public policy |
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| term used by Madison to denote what we now call interest groups |
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| FCC Rule (No longer in use) that required broadcasters to air a variety of viewpoints on their programs |
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| just as sharks engage in a feeding frenzy when they sense blood in the water, the media "attack" when they sense wrong doing or scandal in government, and devote great amounts of coverage to such stories |
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| the problem faced by interest groups when citizens can reap the benefits of interest group action without actually joining, participating in, or contributing money to such groups |
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| the tendency of the media to report on an election campaign as if it were a horse race, i.e., who is ahead, who is behind, who is gaining ground |
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| an informal association of federal agency, congressional committee, and interest grooup that is said to have heavy influence over policy making |
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| the act of processing or carrying out a lawsuit |
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| attempting to influence policy makers |
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| elections in which candidates are not identified by party membership on the ballot |
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| ballot in which candidates are arranged by office rather that party. Encourages split ticket voting. |
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| ballot in which candidates are arranged by party rather than office. Encourages straight ticket voting. |
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| a staged event that attracts favorable visual media coverage, e.e., a candidate reading to a group of school children |
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| theory that policy making is the result of an interest group competition |
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| an interest group that raises funds and donates to election campaigns |
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| appointing loyal party members to government positions |
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| the cycle in which a person alternately works for the public sector and private sector, thus blurring the individual's sense of loyalty |
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| the practice of perceiving media messages the way one wants too |
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| the practice of selectively choosing media sources which are in harmony with one's own beliefs |
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| a short, pithy comment that is likely to attract media attention, e.g., Ronald Reagan saying, "A recession is when your neighbor loses his job, a depression is when you lose your job, and recovery is when Jimmy Carter loses his job." |
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| placing a certain slant on a story to deflect negative public attention against a candidate or office holder |
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| an abandoned rule of the Democratic Party national convention in which the candidate with the most delegates from a state won all of that state's convention votes |
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