Political Key Terms 1
Define Interest Groups
What is a collection of people who share common interest or attitude and seek to influence government for specific needs?
Define Political Action Commitee
What is a type of 527 group that collects funds and distributes it to benefit their respective party?
Define Nonpartisan Election
What is an election in which candidates are not selected or endorsed by political parties and party affiliation is not listed on ballots?
Economic interest groups
What is groups organized primarily for economic reasons but that engage in political activity?
Nominating Candidates
What is recruiting and gathering support for them to win public offices?
Define Lobbyist
What is a person who is employed by and acts for an organized interest group or corporation to try to influence policy decisions and positions?
Define Bundling
What is a way that PAC’s collect money from people with similar/common interests?
Define Patronage
What is the dispensing of government jobs to persons who belong to the winning political party?
Single-Issue Groups
What is groups that have a narrow interest, tend to dislike compromise, and often draw membership from people new to politics?
Informing and Activating Supporters
What is inform, inspire, educate, and advertise voters?
Define Movement
What is a widely shared demand for change in some aspect of the social or political order?
Define Hard Money
What is donated money/funds with limits attached?
Define Direct Primary
What is a party nominates its candidates by direct voting?
Public sector interest groups
What is interest group that is the government that influence Congress in policymaking?
Bonding Agent
What is ensure a good performance of candidates by background checks and checking the quality of candidates?
Define Free Rider
What is an individual who does not to join a group representing his or her interests yet receives the benefit of the group's influence?
Define Political Party
What is an organization of people with similar ideas who compete in a country's elections?
Define Open Primary
What is voters don’t have to declare party affiliation?
The process of taking legal action
What is litigation?
Governing
What is governing which candidates do by getting selected because of the party they represent?
Define Revolving Door
What is a movement of individuals from government positions to jobs with interest groups or lobbying firms?
Define Party Column Ballot
What is a type of ballot that encourages party-line voting by listing all of a party's candidates in a column under the party name?
Define Party Convention
What is general meeting of a political party?
Influence on the public
What is public opinion weighs significantly in the policymaking process, so interest groups collect peope of similar opinion?
Watch Dog
What is criticize political parties in power and provide scrutiny and criticism about politicians who differ from their party?