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| organize to influence government policy for the benefit of members |
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| Equal Opportunity Interest Group |
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| organize to promote the civil and economic rights of underrepresnted or disadvantaged groups |
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| organize to influence government to produce collective goods or services that benefit the general public |
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| Government interest groups |
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| organize to lobby the us federal government to influence national policy |
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| attempts to influence government policymakers by encouraging the general public to put pressure on them |
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| directi nteraction with public officials for the purpose of influencing policy decisions |
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| indriect lobbying efforts by interest groups that manipulate or create public sentiment |
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| made directly to candidates for specific elections |
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| contributions to political to be used to however the party sees fit |
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| democratic and republican paper, early on in america all media was partisan |
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| more interested in selling you stuff (america is now a commerical bias) |
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| Legal Obstacles to voting in the us |
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| registration, tuesday voting, frequency of elections |
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| Proportional Representation |
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| allocates legislative seats accoring to the percentage of votes a party recieves |
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| Single Member District Representation |
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| winner takes all, divide an area into districts who ever gets 51% of the votes, wins |
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| basing voting decisions on well informed opinions and consideration of the future consequences of a given vote |
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| basing voting decisions on reactions to past performances; approving the status quo or signaling a desire for change |
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| an issue on which voters and candidates share the same position |
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| a controversial issue that one party uses to split the voters in the other party |
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| an issue on which the parties differ in their perspectives and proposed solutions |
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| federal system under which the national and state governmetns share responsbilities for most domestic policy areas |
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| federal system under which the national and state governments were responsible for separate policy areas |
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| federal funds provided for a specific purpose; restircted by detailed instructions, and regulations |
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| federal funds provided for a broad purpose; unrestricted by detailed requirments and regulations |
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| federal order that the states operate and pay fofr a program created at the national level |
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| Driving popluation growth in texas |
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| legal and illegal immigration, legendary status, no income tax, friendly business climate, low unemployment rate |
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| spain,france,mexico,republic of texs, confederacy, and U.S |
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| minimum number of members of a deliberative bodu such as legislature necessary to conduct the business of that group |
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