Political Parties
Political Parties
Group of people who have the same political opinions and ideologies
The relationship between public opinion and mass media
Public opinion is influenced by mass media.
Marijuana Party
Based one one issue, which is the oppression of drugs. They push for legal marijuana use.
United States Pacifist Party
Believes that military power isn’t right, and pushes for peace.
Public opinion
What the general public thinks
Coalition
Form of government when different parties work together
Lobbyist
someone who influences a politician to advocate for something
Libertarian Party
Believes and pushes for minimal government interference, and believes that the only thing the government should do is protect people from force and fraud.
Communist Party USA
Basically, believe that the world is sometimes corrupt, as it values money over actual fixing of an issue. They believe in solving issues with or without monetary benefits.
Propaganda
information that’s used to influence an audience, usually in a biased way
Electoral college
a system created by the constitution to elect the president indirectly
Interest groups
group of people who specialize in advocating for a certain issue
Green Party
They focus on peace, decentralization of wealth and power, more representation, equality, saving the environment, and long term goals.
Natural Law Party
Believes in science, tries to use science and proven theorems to solve issues rather than whatever the two main-political parties do.
Public-interest groups
like interest groups, but instead push for issues of general public concern
Platform
a goal that a party or individual has that appeals to the general public for the sole purpose of gaining support and popularity
How do lobbyists and interest groups try to influence public policy and public opinion?
Public policy by getting politicians to push for something, and public opinion by affecting the media.
Modern Whigs
Believe in representative government, individualism, and push for and by the basic human rights stated in the constitution.
America First Party
Believes that the U.S. political system right now is corrupt, and wants to elect candidates who stay true to their word. Also, they heavily believe in the constitution and want to make the U.S. “how the framers wanted”.
Closed primary
A primary election in which only members of the same party as the candidates can vote
Plank
a component of a platform
Six Propaganda Techniques
Name calling, glittering generalities, card stacking, plain folks, testimonial, bandwagon, name calling
Pirate Party
Believes in equality, privacy, and government transparency
Workers World Party
Everything they believe in is pretty much democratic, except they push for more social justice.
Political action committees
a committee that works privately to raise funds to influence government at the federal level