Which side of the fence
Political party that won the majority of the popular vote in 2000 and 2016, but lost the presidential election.
Democrat
An organized group of individuals with broad common interests who organize to nominate candidates for office, win elections, and control government.
Political Party
Someone employed to persuade legislators to vote for bills that their favor
Lobbyist
A tax placed on people to keep them from voting.
Poll Tax
Happens every ten years to count the population of states and the nation.
Census
Mitch McConnell, Kevin McCarthy, and Ron DeSantis are all members of this party.
Republican
Voting process by which one party chooses who will run in the general election.
Primary
Unlike a political party, these groups tend to focus on specific interests.
Interest group
This amendment expanded the voting population more than any other.
19th Amendment
The manipulative practice of drawing unusual electoral district lines in order to benefit one party.
Gerrymandering
Ideology that a free market left alone will most efficiently grow the economy.
Conservative
A party that focuses on one or only a few issues to increase voter awareness.
Third Party
These influence groups can use their resources and money, under certain restrictions, to work with people to try to get elected.
A petition signed by a certain minimum number of registered voters that can force a public vote on an issue
Initiative
Redrawing electoral lines to reflect the current population and distribution of the population.
Redistricting
Ideology that favors personal rights over traditional norms such as abortion rights, legalization of certain drugs, and amnesty for illegal immigrants.
Liberal
Demographic
This group can influence campaigns by what they say, or perhaps equally by what they do not say.
Media
A type of vote that allows for direct democracy within a state.
Reallocating seats in the House of Representatives following the census to reflect relative population changes in each state.
Reapportionment
Democrat
A single issue inside of a party platform
Plank
Citizen United v FEC ruling in the name of First Amendment right of free speech resulted in the sharp increase in these such organizations.
Super PAC
Shelby v Holder ruled that part of this act to ensure voting rights passed during the Civil Rights era was no longer Constitutional.
Voting Rights Act of 1965
Baker v. Carr