Public opinion and why it's oh so important!
Polls and influencing opinion
Interesting interest groups
Let's have a political party!
Elections and misc.
100

This is typically the most important influence on a person's political beliefs...

What is their family

100

This is a survey of people scientifically selected to gauge public opinion...

What is a poll
100

This is an association of people who hold similar views or goals...

What is a special interest group (SIG)

100

This is an organization that tries to elect its members to public office so that its views can become public policy...

What is a political party

100

This is the body of people entitled to vote...

Who are the electorate
200

These are views shared by a segment of society on issues of interest or concern...

What is public opinion
200

This type of journalism involves sensationalism, scandals, and appeals to patriotism to influence citizens...

What is yellow journalism
200
This is defined by contacting public officials to persuade them to support a group's interests...
What is lobbying
200
This is the process of naming candidates for elective office and is a party's main function...
What is the nomination process
200
This is donation money that goes to a political party, rather than a specific candidate...
What is soft money
300

These are decisions the government makes and actions it takes in response to a public issue or problem...

What is public policy

300
This is the margin of error that indicates a poll's accuracy and is given as a percentage above and below the poll's results...
What is sampling error
300

These raise and contribute money to any political candidate a SIG supports...

What is a political action committee (PAC)
300
This is the smallest unit for administering elections and local voting...
What is a precinct
300
This is a type of primary where any registered voter may vote...
What is an open primary
400
These are a means of communication that provide information to a large audience...
What is mass media
400
This surveys a randomly selected fraction of voters after they have voted...
What is an exit poll
400

This is publicly declaring support for a political candidate...

What is endorsing
400
These were the two original political parties in the United States...
What were the Federalist and Democratic-Republican parties
400

These political candidates announce they are running of office and ask voters to write their names on the ballot... 

Who is a write-in candidate?

500

This is the process by which people acquire political beliefs...

What is political socialization

500

This refers to errors introduced by polling methods that lead to one outcome over the other.

What is bias?

500

Mothers Against Drunk Driving is an example of this type of interest group...

What is a cause-based group?

500

This is what an American political party needs to win, which means getting more votes than any other party...

What is a plurality

500

This is held when there are more than one candidates running within the same party...

What is a direct primary
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