Government Vocabulary Unit 4

money raised by a political party for general purposes, not designated for a candidate

• Soft-money

• socio-economic status

• Political Action Committee (PAC)

• party platform

What the majority of the public believes that can influence the actions of a politician

• public opinion

• party platform

• moderate

• mass media

a declaration of principles and policies adopted by a political party or a candidate

• party platform

• public opinion

• moderate

• Interest Group

one whose beliefs fall somewhere between liberal and conservative views

• moderate

• socio-economic status

• Liberal

• Conservative

relating to, or involving a combination of social and economic factors

• socio-economic status

• Political Action Committee (PAC)

• Soft-money

• Federal Election Commission (FEC)

means of communication, such as television, newspapers, movies, books, and the internet, that influence large audiences

• mass media

• Political Action Committee (PAC)

• Interest Group

• public opinion

An interest group representative

• lobbyist

• Interest Group

• moderate

• public opinion

an organization formed to collect money and provide financial support for political candidates

• Political Action Committee (PAC)

• Interest Group

• Federal Election Commission (FEC)

• Soft-money

The support of both or multiple parties.

• Bi-Partisanship

• moderate

• public opinion

• lobbyist

A group of people with common goals who organize to influence government

• Interest Group

• Political Action Committee (PAC)

• lobbyist

• mass media