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Political Parties
vocabulary
Term | Definition |
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Officeholder | People elected to positions of government |
Nominate | Selecting or choosing |
Electorate | People who are eligible to vote |
Public Policy | Laws (current government's statement about social issues) |
Liberal | Supports a lot of government involvement in social issues |
Conservative | Supports little government involvement in social issues |
Political Process | Steps to electing government officials |
Political Party | Organization of people with similar beliefs about public issues |
Vote | A choice that is counted |
Platform | Document which lists a political party's beliefs |
Lobbying | Trying to influence a legislator to introduce a bill or vote for; or against, a bill |
Apathy | lack of interest |
Blog | website run by an individual or group who expresses their view about various issues |