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| individual or group activity intended to exercise influence in the political system |
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| leaving an area due to political disfunction |
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protest option
(CA Protests) |
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Zuit suit riots
Bombing of the LA Times
Watts riots
Rodney King riots |
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| collective beliefs ,attitudes and values held by the citizenry |
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| educated guesses on what the public or what a group is thinking |
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| use a number of techniques to increase the likelihood that their results reflect the actual views of the larger population |
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| those disenfranchised by the rules |
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| those disenfranchised by their own behavior and attitudes |
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| Reasons for preferential nonvoting |
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Personal Factors
Structural Factors (too frequent elections)
Partisan Factors
Regional Factors |
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| Political reform act of 1974 |
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| requires disclosure of campaign contributions and expenditures, regulates the organization of cmpaign committees, limits entertaining by lobbyists and prohibits conflict of interest by local officials |
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| Fair Political Practices Commission |
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| established to implement Political reform at of 1974 |
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| CA elections impact on national elections |
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-Initiatives began by CA expand to other states
- Deep resource for campaign contributions
- Many out of state contributions are given for CA elections
- 55 electoral college votes |
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- want a more active government
- favor more social spending
- support higher taxes
- oppose initiatives that limit government |
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- want less government
- favor less social spending
- oppose higher taxes
- support initiatives that limit government |
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Voter/Nonvoter
Race/Ethnicity (whites vote more)
Age (older votes more)
Partisan (Growing gap between liberal and conservative beliefs)
Gender (Men tend to be more conservative) |
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