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| political races, focus on who is winning, not issues |
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| news editors, media executives, and prominent reporters who direct flow of news |
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| television as main source of news. info is liminted= loss of knowledge (shows r only 30 mins) |
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| political participation, most common form? |
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actions which seek to influence and support our government and its policies
most common form-voting |
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| unconvential participation |
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| uncommon behavior that threatens of defies gov't |
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| uses normal channels of representative govt ex- calling writing congressperson |
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| philosphy of political reform during early 1900s |
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| process of removing elected official from office |
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| organization that sponsors candidates for office who will govern along a general philosophical foundation |
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| do not sponsor candidates for office, limit their concerns, narrowly oriented |
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| what did we call our two original parties? |
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| federalists, and democratic republicans |
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| didnt care or understand any issue other than immigration. once issue got solved they got out of office |
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| refers to a voter's psychological attatchment to a general political philosophy. identification is a state of mind |
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| an organized effort to persuade voters to choose one candidate over others competing for the same office |
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| they vote for everyone of just one party on the ballot. usually ideologues |
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| meaning they vote for different parties in different offices |
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| money goes directly to candidate, can do w/e they want with it |
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| money goes to political parties, limited in use |
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| most important long term factor when voting |
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| candidate attributes, policy positions |
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| image, issues, party id-put in order |
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| organization of individuals with common beliefs that seek to influence public policy |
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| redrawing district line that intentionally benefits one political party |
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