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Unit 5 Political Parties
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PoliticalParty: Organized group that attempt to influence the government by electing heir members to important government offices.
Coalition: An alliance for combined action, especially a temporary alliance of political parties forming a government or of states.
CardStacking: Seeks to manipulate audience perception of an issue by emphasizing one side and repressing another.
Endorsement: An act of giving one's public approval or support to someone or something.
Ideologicalparties: Beliefs about human nature.
Multipartysystem: Three or more parties compete for control of the government.
Twopartysystem: Only two parties have a realistic opportunity to compete effectively for control of the government.
Politicalmachine: Political organization in which an authoritative boss or small group commands the support of a corps of supporters and businesses, who receive rewards for their efforts.
Bandwagon: A particular activity or cause that has suddenly become fashionable or popular.
Canvassing: The process of trying to find out how people intend to vote or of trying to obtain their votes.
Thirdparties: Parties that organize to compete against the two major American political parties.
Onepartysystem: Political party and the government are the same.
Singleissueparty: Political party that campaigns on only one issue.
Electorate: All the people who are eligible to vote.
Precinct: Local voting districts in a county, city, or ward.
Recall: Removal of a pubic official by popular vote.
Convention: A meeting of a political party, typically to select party candidates.
Apathy: Lack of interest, enthusiasm, or concern.
Initiatives: Process by which citizens of a state may propose a law by collecting signatures on a petition.
Primaryelection: Used to select a party’s candidate for the general election.
Publicopinion: Citizens’ attitudes about political issues, leaders, institutions, and events.
Glitteringgenerality: Words that have different positive meaning for individual subjects, but are linked to highly valued concepts.
Bias: Prejudice in favor of or against one thing, person, or group compared with another, usually in a way considered to be unfair.
Campaign: A connected series of operations designed to bring about a particular result.
Lobbyist: Person paid to represent an interest group’s point of view.
Massmedia: Forms of communication that transmit information to large numbers of people.
Plainfolks: A form of propaganda and is also a misconception.
Interestgroups: Organizations of people with common interests who try to influence government policies and decisions.
Caucus: Meetings of party leaders to determine party policy or to choose the party’s candidates for public office.
Referendum: Practice of referring a measure proposed or passed by a legislature to the vote of the electorate for approval or rejection.
Unit 5 Political Parties
Across:1. | Political party and the government are the same. | 3. | Seeks to manipulate audience perception of an issue by emphasizing one side and repressing another. | 6. | Political organization in which an authoritative boss or small group commands the support of a corps of supporters and businesses, who receive rewards for their efforts. | 9. | All the people who are eligible to vote. | 10. | Meetings of party leaders to determine party policy or to choose the party’s candidates for public office. | 11. | A connected series of operations designed to bring about a particular result. | 14. | Process by which citizens of a state may propose a law by collecting signatures on a petition. | 15. | An act of giving one's public approval or support to someone or something. | 17. | Person paid to represent an interest group’s point of view. | 18. | A meeting of a political party, typically to select party candidates. | 19. | The process of trying to find out how people intend to vote or of trying to obtain their votes. | 20. | Only two parties have a realistic opportunity to compete effectively for control of the government. | 21. | Words that have different positive meaning for individual subjects, but are linked to highly valued concepts. | 22. | Local voting districts in a county, city, or ward. | 23. | Citizens’ attitudes about political issues, leaders, institutions, and events. |
| | Down:2. | Forms of communication that transmit information to large numbers of people. | 4. | Lack of interest, enthusiasm, or concern. | 5. | Organized group that attempt to influence the government by electing heir members to important government offices. | 6. | Used to select a party’s candidate for the general election. | 7. | Organizations of people with common interests who try to influence government policies and decisions. | 8. | Removal of a pubic official by popular vote. | 12. | A form of propaganda and is also a misconception. | 13. | Practice of referring a measure proposed or passed by a legislature to the vote of the electorate for approval or rejection. | 16. | Prejudice in favor of or against one thing, person, or group compared with another, usually in a way considered to be unfair. | 19. | An alliance for combined action, especially a temporary alliance of political parties forming a government or of states. |
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Unit 5 Political Parties
Across:1. | Political party and the government are the same. | 3. | Seeks to manipulate audience perception of an issue by emphasizing one side and repressing another. | 6. | Political organization in which an authoritative boss or small group commands the support of a corps of supporters and businesses, who receive rewards for their efforts. | 9. | All the people who are eligible to vote. | 10. | Meetings of party leaders to determine party policy or to choose the party’s candidates for public office. | 11. | A connected series of operations designed to bring about a particular result. | 14. | Process by which citizens of a state may propose a law by collecting signatures on a petition. | 15. | An act of giving one's public approval or support to someone or something. | 17. | Person paid to represent an interest group’s point of view. | 18. | A meeting of a political party, typically to select party candidates. | 19. | The process of trying to find out how people intend to vote or of trying to obtain their votes. | 20. | Only two parties have a realistic opportunity to compete effectively for control of the government. | 21. | Words that have different positive meaning for individual subjects, but are linked to highly valued concepts. | 22. | Local voting districts in a county, city, or ward. | 23. | Citizens’ attitudes about political issues, leaders, institutions, and events. |
| | Down:2. | Forms of communication that transmit information to large numbers of people. | 4. | Lack of interest, enthusiasm, or concern. | 5. | Organized group that attempt to influence the government by electing heir members to important government offices. | 6. | Used to select a party’s candidate for the general election. | 7. | Organizations of people with common interests who try to influence government policies and decisions. | 8. | Removal of a pubic official by popular vote. | 12. | A form of propaganda and is also a misconception. | 13. | Practice of referring a measure proposed or passed by a legislature to the vote of the electorate for approval or rejection. | 16. | Prejudice in favor of or against one thing, person, or group compared with another, usually in a way considered to be unfair. | 19. | An alliance for combined action, especially a temporary alliance of political parties forming a government or of states. |
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