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Chap 11 vocab
Question | Answer |
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Partisan | Supporting a party or its idea |
Campaign | Candidates seeking votes |
Soft money | Money not given directly to the candidate |
Plurality | the most but not the majority |
Proposition | When the state asks the voters permission |
Polling Place | Where voters vote |
Caucus | A meeting to decide a political issue |
Bias | to favor |
Apathy | Don't care |
Spectrum | A wide range of something |
Propaganda | ideas used to persuade |
Lobby | to try and persuade |
Electorate | Eligible voters |
Ballot | What a person votes on |
Incumbent | Person holding office |
Exit poll | asking people their opinion |
Interest group | collection of voters with mutual cause |
Pac | organization that collects money for political candidates |
Split ticket | Voting for both parties |
Straight ticket | Voting for one party |