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Politics

The process of making decisions that apply to a group, involving the use of power and authority to allocate resources, rights, and duties.

Electorate

the people in a country or area who are entitled to vote in an election.

Political Party

A group of people that have their own set of beliefs, seeking validation and an advocate for their beliefs during the election process.

Campaign

When political parties, candidates and campaigners, try to persuade you to vote for them.

Political Policy

the set of actions, rules, and strategies a government uses to address societal problems and achieve goals.

Political Polarization: the growing ideological divide between political groups.

Primary Election

when voters have a chance to pick each party's candidate for a general election.

Media

Various Means of communication that convey information to the public, A crucial link between the government and citizens.

Conservative

political ideology involving free markets, individual liberty, tradition, and limited government.

Liberal

Political in which promotes individual rights, liberties, and advocates for freedom.

Ranked Choice Voting:A method of voting in which voters rank candidates in order of preference.

Republican Party

a conservative political party in the United States, supporting lower taxes and small governments.

Democratic Party: is a liberal political party in the United States, left.

Caucus

Meeting of members of a group or political party to discuss issues and make decisions.

Lobbyist

a person who takes part in an organized attempt to influence legislators.

Political Action Committee: an organization that raises money privately to influence elections at the federal level.

Two

Party System

Third Party

A political party that is not one of the dominant parties but helps to represent ideologies and raise awareness in politics for specific issues.

Political Platform

A statement of the party’s stance on various matters and serves as a guide for candidates during an election, informing voters about beliefs and policies.

Open Primary

A voting system where any voter can choose any party’s primary, no matter their political affiliation.

Closed Primary

Type of election where only registered members of a political party can vote in that party’s primary.

Referendum

a vote in which all the people in a country or an area are asked to give their opinion about.

Incumbent

Someone in a position running for reelection against a challenger.

Pollster

One who conducts or puts together data gathered from a poll.

Prior restraint

A government action that prevents or restricts speech or expression before it happens.

media

aspects of communcation to the general public

top 3: Print, TV, and internet

raises awareness to the public and the gov

develops public policy

fouth estate

some say the media is so important that its the 4th branch of gov

gatekeeper

the media decides what is important and what istn

uses agenda setting and framing

influences what subject becomes political issues and for how long

watch dog

fact checking and investigative jornalism

muckraking which exposes

whitsle blowing which show the wrongdoing of inside an org

scorekeeper

tracks politctal vicotries and loses

horse race journalism-focuses on polls and campaing issues

partisan

early print media was—- with newpapers suppporting democratic republic or federalist

profitbale

since media is private ownership, orgs must be —- to survive

this motive impacts how well media can fuction as a linkage insitution

“if it bleed it leads”

increases horse race journalismt, emotional stories

narrow casting

media targeted specfic demografics

media becomes more biased

echochamber effect

peopme may view biased news that only applies and agrees with their beliefs