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Political Parties
The Electoral Process
Current Candidates
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Mass Media & Public Opinion
100
The Republican Party and Democrat Party are the two ________ _______
What is Major Parties?
100
On November 4th of this year, Coloradan voter will get the opportunity to fill out this voting device which will indicate who they are voting for.
What is a voting ballot
100
This candidate running for City Council wants to lower the drinking age, incorporate a city income tax, and raise minimum wage.
Who is Grateful Fred Smith
100
Most segments of the business community form their own interest groups often called by this word.
What are trade associations
100
This word means attitudes held by a significant number of people on matters of government and politics.
What is an opinion
200
During the 2012 Presidential Election, the Democratic Party did not have any opposition to President Obama. This was because the Democrats were the current _________ __ ________
What is Party in Power
200
A grant of money usually given by the government
What is a subsidy
200
This City Council Candidate wants to shut down malls and shopping centers and create more housing for Boulder's growing population
Who is Kevin Hotaling
200
This is a collection of workers who are in the same field and are interested in improving their lifestyle at work.
What is a labor union
200
Groups of people whom one commonly associates with: friends, classmates, neighbors, or coworkers.
What is a peer group
300
Joseph Stalin was known for crushing any political opposition he faced. Although there weren't any real parties, the Soviet Union was known for formally having this type of party system.
What is One Party System
300
Nonparty groups that are the political arms of special-interest groups, which have a major stake in public policy.
What are political actions committees (PACs)
300
This City Council Candidate is all in favor for a clean environment: "We need leaders who can show the way to a cleaner economy", while also is planning to urbanize Boulder
Who is Macon Cowles
300
An interest group that seeks to institute certain public policies of benefit to all or most people in the country.
What is a public-interest group
300
A party and its victorious candidates regularly claim to have received this object. This word refers to the instructions or commands a constituency gives to its elected officials.
What is a mandate
400
The voting procedure where a voter votes for candidates of different parties for different offices.
What is split-ticket voting
400
A voting district that is the smallest geographic unit for conducting elections.
What is a precinct
400
This City Council Member wants to raise awareness for taking the bus, walking, or riding the bike: "I hate to call walking and biking and riding the bus alternative modes because to me, they're my preferred mode, and the car is the alternative mode."
Who is Mary Young
400
The technique of persuasion aimed at influencing individual or group behaviors.
What is propaganda
400
Polls that were sought to read the public's mind simply by asking the same question to a large number of people.
What is a straw vote
500
A unit into which cities are often divided for the election of city council members.
What is a ward
500
Money that includes those contributions made to state and loval party organizations for such "party-building activities"
What is soft money
500
On taxes, this member said he doesn't have a problem with paying taxes, but Boulder's reliance on sales taxes and fees is regressive and means the poor spend a much higher percentage of their income on taxes than those who are better off. This member also would like the state to raise the severance tax charged to oil and gas companies for removing minerals that belong to the people as a whole. Who is this member?
Who is Grateful Fred Smith
500
An act in which a group pressures change the outcome of decisions made by legislators and the legislative process as whole
What is lobbying
500
A sample deliberately constructed to reflect several of the major characteristics of a given universe
What is a quota sample