Vocab
the right to vote
suffrage
voting straight down the line on a ballot for a specific party regardless of knowledge
party line voting
an organized group of party leaders, officeholders, and voters who work together to elect candidates to political office
Political party
forms of electronic communication that enable users to create and share content or to participate in social networking
social media
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measurable characteristics of a population, such as economic status, education, age, race or ethnicity, and gender.
demographics
voting based on the motives and promises of the candidate
prospective voting
the degree to which a voter is connected to and influenced by a particular political party
party identification
sources of information designed to reach a wide audience, including newspapers, radio, television, and internet outlets
mass media
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Candidate that receives the most votes at the state level wins all of the electoral votes for that state
winner take all system
voting based on what the candidate has done as a leader in the past
retrospective voting
a system in which two political parties dominate politics, winning almost all elections
two party system
an approach to newsgathering in which reporters dig into stories, often looking for instances of wrongdoing
investigative journalism
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voluntary associations of people who come together with the goal of getting the policies that they favor enacted
interest groups
voting based on what a citizen believes is in his or her best interest
rational choice voting
a meeting where delegates officially select their party’s nominee for the presidency
National convention
the concentration of ownership of the media into fewer corporations
media consolidation
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the webs of influence between interest groups, policymakers, and policy advocates
issue network
a state where levels of support for the parties are similar and elections swing back and forth between Democrats and Republicans
swing state
an election in which a state's voters choose delegates who support a presidential candidate for nomination or an election by a plurality vote to select a party’s nominee for a seat in Congress
Primary
the slanting of political news coverage in support of a particular party or ideology (fox news, msnbc)
partisan bias
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