Political Parties
General Vocab
Electoral Process
Mass Media & Public Opinion
Political Compass
100
An organization that seeks to control goverment through the winning of elections and holding of public offices.
What is a Political Party?
100
This is the person's ablity to read and write.
What is literacy?
100
The process of candidate selection in an electoral system
What is nomination?
100
A means of communication that transmits some kind of information.
What is a medium?
100
The political compass test could help show you which of these you could belong to.
What is political party?
200
A system in which only one political party exists.
What is one party system?
200
This is the procedure of the voter identification.
What is voter registration?
200
The place where the voters who live in a certain precinct go to vote
What is a polling place?
200
The instructions or commands a constituency gives to its elected officials.
What is a mandate?
200
These people believe the proper rold of government is to not have any or very limited rule over your personal decisions.
What is libertarian?
300
This area is the smallest unit of election administration; a voteing district
What is Precinct?
300
This is the process by which voters can vote without actually going to the voting station.
What is absentee voting?
300
A party nominating election in which only declared party members can vote
What is a closed primary?
300
Internet, television, and newspaper.
What are 3 common sources of news?
300
These people believe the proper role of government is to have a lot of regulation and involvement in the economy.
What is liberal?
400
This is an aqreement amongst various groups on fundamental matters.
What is Concensus?
400
This contains societal problems that the nations political leaders and the general public agree need government attention.
What is a public agenda?
400
Campaign money that is subjected to regulations by the FEC
What is hard money?
400
Devices that attemp to collect information by asking people questions.
What are public opinion polls?
400
These people believe the proper rold of government is a mixture of all four ideas on the politica compass test. In other words, close to the center.
What is moderate?
500
These are parties based on a particular set of beliefs, a comprehensive view of social, economic, and political matters.
What is idealogical party?
500
These are polls that sought out to read the public's mind simply by asking the same question of a large number of people.
What is a staw vote?
500
The effect of a strong candidate running for an office at the top of a ballot helping to attract other candidates on the party's ticket
What is the coattail effect?
500
A sample deliberatly constructed to reflect several of the major characteristics of a given universe.
What is a quota sample?
500
This quardrant believes that the proper role of government is limited government in the economy but strong influence in personal decisions.
What is a conservative authoritarian.
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