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Political Studies
Undergraduate 2
10/14/2012

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Liberal
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Favoring maximum individual liberty in political and social reform
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Conservative
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Holding to traditional attitudes and values and cautious about change or innovation, typically in relation to politics or religion
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Libertarian
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a person who advocates full civil liberty and no gov. involvement.
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15th amendment
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(1870) prohibits each government in the United States from denying a citizen the right to vote based on that citizen's "race, color, or previous condition of servitude
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19th amendment
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1920 prohibits any United States citizen to be denied the right to vote based on sex
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24th amendment
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(1962) – eliminated poll tax
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Voting Rights Act
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(1965) a landmark piece of national legislation in the United States that outlawed discriminatory voting practices
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26th amendment
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(1971) barred the states or federal government from setting a voting age higher than eighteen.
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Solid South
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describes the electoral support of the Southern United States for Democratic Party candidates from 1877 (the end of Reconstruction) to 1964 (the passage of the Civil Rights Act of 1964)
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Multi-party system
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s a system in which multiple political parties have the capacity to gain control of government offices, separately or in coalition
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Single-member districts
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is an electoral district that returns one officeholder to a body with multiple members such as a legislature
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First-past-the-post
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election is one that is won by the candidate with more votes than any others
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Catch-all parties
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is a political party seeking to attract people with diverse viewpoints
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Voter apathy
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Is perceived apathy (lack of caring) among voters in an election
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Lobbying
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group of people that give money to candidates to have an influence in Gov. policies.
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Political Action Committee (PAC)
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Voluntary donations to convince candidates that there policy will help the country. –Favor certain candidates on ads.
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Citizens United
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(2010)The limits on corp. advertising are unconstitutional and were restricting the right of the first amendment.
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Super PAC
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org. that use private and corp. money and advertise in a way not coordinated with any candidates campaign.
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