Blue
Green
Red
Pink
Mahogany
100
If party identification weakens, this party affiliation may grow
What is Independent
100
An unfair practice that sets district boundaries and decreases voting strength for a particular party.
What is Gerrymandering
100
This prevents fraudulent voting (i.e. having citizens ___)
What is Registering
100
The single most significant predictor of a person's partisan voting behavior
What is Party Identification
100
A person's ability to read or write
What is literacy
200
People that do not believe their actions can affect politics have no sense of _____
What is Political Efficacy
200
The potential voting population of the US, 200 million strong
What is electorate
200
Voting for candidates of more than one party in any one election
What is Split-ticket voting
200
People that have strong loyalty to a particular party have this ____
What is Party Identification
200
A person living in a State for a short period of time
What is Transients
300
Another word for "right to vote" - suffrage is an example
What is Franchise
300
A means of communication that transmits some kind of information
What is medium
300
A private organization that works to affect public policy in order to benefit its members concerns
What is Interest group
300
A portion of the population that can represent the whole population
What is sample
300
A report that can be aired in roughly 30-40 seconds
What is a sound bite
400
A poll that simply tries to assess opinion simply by asking the same question to a large number of people
What is straw vote
400
In this, people are polled based on percentages that are set to reflect the makeup of the overall group
What is quota sample
400
A person that has strong political influence
What is Opinion leader
400
When 75% of the population demands something of an elected official (what do we call this?), and that official carries out the duty
What is mandate
400
The word that was use to describe TV and radio (and the internet, more modern phenomena) and other mediums that reach many people
What is mass media
500
Societal problems that political leaders and citizens agree need government attention
What is Public Agenda
500
Public Opinion MUST relate to what
What is Public Affairs
500
Explain what a Conservative is
What is many answers possible...
500
Explain the difference between a Classical Liberal, and a Neo Liberal
What is many answers...
500
What are three things in public policy that a liberal might align with, given typical party affiliation.
What is many answers...
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