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Those agents, such as family or media, that may have a significant impact on ones political socialization.
AKA-something or someone that affects your political views. |
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Those who believe that government does too many things that should be done by firms or other individuals, but still believe they should uphold traditional social values.
AKA-People who believe that government should mainly uphold traditional social values |
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| An idea that insists that bureaucracy would be more responsive to the public if its employees at all levels were demographically representative of the population as a whole. |
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An informal network of public officials and lobbyists who have a common interest and expertise in a given area and are brought together temporarily by a proposed policy in that area.
AKA- Public officials and lobbyists that are experts in a certain area are brought together temporarily by a proposed policy |
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Small, Informal but relatively stable group of well positioned legislators, executives, and lobbyists who seek to promote policies beneficial to a particular interest.
AKA-A small group of political officials who come together to promote a particular policy due to interest. |
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| Process where interest group members or lobbyists attempt to influence public policy through contacts with public officials. |
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| those who believe that government should do more to solve the nation's problems, but reject the notion that government should favor a particular set of social values. |
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| People that believe government does too many things that should be let to firms and other individuals. They also do not see government as an icon of social values. |
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| A form of advertising where a side tries to win and advantage over its opponents by referring to negative aspects of them/ their policies rather than look at his or her positive attributes. |
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| preemptive advertising tactic where one party attemps to foresee and neutralize potentially damaging criticism from another party by being the first to confront troublesome issues |
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| a series of measures taken in order to influence attitudes and opinions usually using some form of media. (t.v., newspapers, magazines, etc.) |
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| assigning to a cause or source |
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| the proportion of the registered electorate who vote in a given election |
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the requirement for representatives to answer to the represented on the disposal of their powers and duties, actu upon criticisms or requirements made of them, and accept some responsibility for failure, incompetence, or deceit.
AKA-Representatives should take responsibilities for their actions |
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| the money a presidential candidate is given by federal government to match the money they have raised personally |
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| marketing method for targeting prospective customers/ contributers using personalized postal mailings |
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| campaigning tactic using the internet |
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| the use of governmental power, political campaign strategy, and private resources aimed at reducing the total vote for the opposing candidate rather than attempting to change votes by changing opinions. |
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| A type of american tax-exempt organization named after a section of the U.S. tax code. It was created to influence the nomination, election, and the defeat of candidates for public office. |
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| media such as paparazzi and news reports that cost the candidate no money |
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| media such as commercials where the candidate pays for publicity. |
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| Voter who makes the decision on who they want to vote for based on the candidates stance on a particular issue |
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| party against whom an appeal/motion is instituted and who is required to answer in order to protect his or her interests. |
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| Political Action Committee |
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| Organization through which an interest group raises and distributes funds for election purposes. Funds must be raised through voluntary contributions |
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| Election where the people vote to choose nominees for public office |
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| Learning process where people acquire political opinions, beliefs, and values. |
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| device for measuring public opinion where a sample is interviewed to estimate an entire community |
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| proportional representation |
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a form of representation where seats in the legislature are allocated proportionally according to each political party's share of the popular vote.
AKA-seats are split up and divided evenly to hold a proportional number of parties according to population |
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| those who believe government should do more to help solve the nation's problems and think they should uphold traditional social values. |
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| the characteristic and deep seated beliefs of a particular people. |
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| People whose opinions are being estimated |
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| small quantity of targeted group such as customers, data, people, products, etc. whose characteristics represent the entire population. |
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| a group that controls the activities of a political party |
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| amount of money they can contribute to individual candidates for political campaigns ($5000) and $1000 limit on individual contributions per candidate per election. |
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| a network of groups that exercise a great deal of control over specific policy areas |
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| AARP (American Association for Retired Persons) |
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| Nation's leading organization for people fifty and older dedicated to shaping and enriching the experience of aging. Informs its members of consumer issues, work, heath, etc. |
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| money given from tax revenue or other governmental sources to an individual, organization, or entity. |
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| people registered by law to vote |
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| technique used to track individual voters and identify supporters |
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