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AP NSL UNIT 2
Voting
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Political Studies
Undergraduate 1
10/18/2016

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Activists
Definition
campaigns for social change.
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American Dream
Definition
every US citizen should get equal opportunity though hard work, determination, and initiative.
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Boycott
Definition
a withdrawal as a form of punishment or protest.
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Civic Competence
Definition
a tool for empowering individuals by giving them motivation.
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Civic Duty
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actions required by law.
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Class-consciousness
Definition
awareness of one's place in a system of social class.
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Conservative
Definition
holding onto traditional attitudes and values and cautions about change or innovation.
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Conventional Political Participation
Definition
uncommon behavior that challenges or defies the government channels and culture.
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External Efficacy
Definition
the government will respond to one's demands.
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Gender Gap
Definition
discrepancies in opportunities, status, attitude, etc. between men and woman.
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Internal Efficacy
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one can understand politics and therefore can participate in politics.
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Liberal
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open to new behaviors or opinions and willing to discard traditional values.
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Libertarians
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person who believes in the doctrine of free will.
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Margin of Error
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a small amount allowed for miscalculations.
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Midterm Election
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an election held 2 years after a president is elected.
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Motor-Voter Law
Definition
reverse the decline of registering voters by allowing people to register at motor vehicle departments.
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Orthodox v. Progressive
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Political Culture
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attitudes, beliefs, and sentiments give order and meaning to political processes and provide underlying assumptions and rules that govern behavior in a political system.
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Political Efficacy
Definition
faith and trust in a government.
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Political Ideology
Definition
set of ideas, principles etc. that explains how society should work.
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Political Socialization
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norms of accepted behavior and transmitted from one generation to the next.
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Poll
Definition
process of voting in an election.
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Populists
Definition
members of a political party that want to represent the interests if the ordinary people.
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Prospective Judgement
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voter's evaluation of a candidate based on what he/she pledges to do if elected.
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Protestant Work Ethic
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Push Polls
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Random Sample
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Recall
Definition
removal of an incumbent from office by popular vote.
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Referendum
Definition
Procedure towards the state legislature submits proposed legislature to states voters for approval.
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Retrospective Judgement
Definition
voter's evaluation of the performance of the party in power.
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Silent Majority
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Sit-In
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Social Status
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Straw Poll
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Ticket-Splitting
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Tracking Polls
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Unconventional Political Participation
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Voter Eligible Population (VEP)
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Voting-Age Population (VAP)
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15th Amendment
Definition
the United States government cannot deny a citizen the right to vote based off of race, color, previous condition of slavery.
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19th Amendment
Definition
prohibits any United States citizen from being denied the right to vote on the basis of sex.
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23rd Amendment
Definition
grants presidential voting rights to citizens of the District of Columbia and representation for D.C. in the Electoral College.
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24th Amendment
Definition
prohibits both Congress and the states from conditioning the right to vote in federal elections on payment of a poll tax or other types of tax.
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25th Amendment
Definition
specifies what must happen when the position of president or vice president is left vacant for any reason.
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