GSSP 330 Mid-Term Review Part II: Voting & Elections

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How people think or feel about particular things

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Public Opinion

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Adopt Liberal Positions

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Democrats

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Adopt Conservative Positions

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Republicans

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Often Adopt Positions to the Left or Right of the Major Parties

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Third Parties

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A test of a person's understanding of a particular language, often used historically to restrict voting rights

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Literacy Test

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A tax levied as a prerequisite for voting, historically used to prevent certain groups from voting

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Poll Tax

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A provision that allows people to follow old rules that once governed their activity instead of newly implemented ones, often used to exempt certain people from voting restrictions

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Grandfather Clause

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An organized group of people with similar political aims and opinions, that seeks to influence public policy by getting its candidates elected to public office

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Political Party

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Elections held to select a party's candidate for the general election

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Primary Elections

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A type of primary election in which only registered party members can vote to select their party's candidate

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