Political Process definitions

a tilt to favor one side of an issue, while ignoring face of the other side.

• Bias

• Campaign

• Electoral college

• Interest Group

organize effort by a candidate to win an election

• Bias

• Campaign

• Interest group

• Campaign finance reform laws

laws that try ton limit how much money an individual, an organization, or a company can donate to a candidate. These laws attempt to prevent "buying" an election

• Campaign

• Media

• Campaign finance reform laws

• Bias

the group described in the Constitution that elects the president and vice-president

• Interest group

• Electoral college

• Media

• Moderate

group of people with an interest in a particular public issue, such as gun control or the environment. Interest groups play a big role in politics because they can bring attention, money, and votes to public issues.

• PAC's

• Electoral College

• Interest Group

• Moderate

all forms of communication, such as newspapers, books, magazines, radio, TV, internet

• Media

• Moderate

• Platform

• Bias

in politics, people who fall in the middle range of the liberal-conservative split; center; undecided voters sometimes

• PAC's

• Nominate

• Platform

• Moderate

to officially name a candidate to run for political office

• Political Party

• Nominate

• Political spectrum

• Media

Political Action Committee. These organizations raise money for candidates if they support the PACs views on issues.

• PAC's

• Platform

• Bias

• Media

the official statement of a political party’s view or position on various issues.

• Propaganda

• Political Spectrum

• Platform

• Third party