Election/Voting Process

the distribution of the population's beliefs about politics and policy issues

• public policy

• public opinion

• mass media

• propaganda

A choice that government makes in response to a political issue. A policy is a course of action taken with regard to some problem.

• public policy

• endorse

• nomination process

• public socialization

the process by which people gain their political attitudes and opinions

• straight ticket voting

• propaganda

• political socialization

• public opinion

Forms of communication, such as newspapers and radio, that reach millions of people.

• yellow journalism

• tabloid news

• fake news

• mass media

Ideas spread to influence public opinion for or against a cause.

• polls

• mass media

• propaganda

• exit polls

A survey of public opinion

• exit poll

• answer pool

• poll

• survey

A particular preference or point of view that is personal, rather than scientific.

• propaganda

• bias

• point of view

• preference

public opinion surveys used by major media pollsters to predict electoral winners with speed and precision

• public opinion

• entrance poll

• exit poll

• bias

an organization of people with some common interest who try to influence government decisions

• PAC

• Super PAC

• special interest group

• endorsement

A committee set up by a corporation, labor union, or interest group that raises and spends campaign money from voluntary donations

• special interest group

• political party

• political action committee (PAC)

• lobby group