Government Alive Ch 8
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19 terms
Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 Political Parties | an organization that seeks to achieve power by electing its members to public office |
| Interest Groups | an organized group whose members share a common goal and try to promote their interests by influencing government policymaking and decision making |
| Platforms | a political party's statement of principles and objectives |
| Precinct | a local voting district of a city or town |
| Two-party System | a political system in which two parties dominate the electoral process and control the government |
| Special Interest Group | a group that seeks to influence government policymaking and decision making to further its particular goals; |
| Pluralism | the idea that political power should be distributed and shared among various groups |
| Political Action Committees (PACs)- | an organization that raises and distributes funds to candidates running for office |
| Lobbying | an organized effort to influence the policy process by persuading public officials to favor or oppose action on a specific issue |
| Grassroots Mobilization | the rallying of strong and vocal support from a large group of people at the local level |
| Public Policy | a plan or course of action initiated by government to achieve a stated goal |
| dixiecrat party | The "States Rights Party"-seperated from the Democratic party to oppose desegregation-1948 |
| socialist party | political party that promoted government ownership of basic industry |
| green party | political party that helped raise awareness of environmental issues |
| bull moose party | the progressive party. Separated from the republican party to promote progressive reform |
| libertarian party | favors reducing the role of government in citizens' lives |
| republican party | political party that supports limiting the size of government, broad based tax cuts to encourage economic growth, and usually prayer in school. Usually oppose pro-abortion or gun control laws. |
| democratic party | a party that usually supports a strong federal (central) government, tax cuts for the poor and raising taxes for the wealthy, government regulationof businesses, abortion rights laws and gun-control laws, and an increase in minimum wage |
| steps of policy making | 1. Identification 2. Agenda Setting 3. Policy Formation 4.Adoption 5. Implementation 6. Evaluation |
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