LSN Unit 3: Political Participation

What is a interest group?

• Federal social programs and other government spending characterized as wasteful

• Supported by both sides of the political aisle.

• Groups of individuals with common interests that organize to influence public policy in a manner that benefits their member

• A meeting of the members of a legislative body who are members of a particular political party, to select candidates or decide policy.

What is a campaign?

• The strategies and actions a candidate uses to encourage people to vote for a candidate

• A political leader who seeks support by appealing to popular desires and prejudices rather than by using rational argument.

• The manipulation of the district or municipal boundaries of (an electoral constituency) so as to favor one party or class.

• An official or party that is currently holding office. If someone challenges the Incumbent, he/she is trying to take away the seat of the existing office-holder.

True or False? Subpoena is a court order requiring a person to testify as a witness in a court trial

• True

• False

True or False? Political action committees (PACs) are groups of people who organize to help elect government officials and influence government policies

• True

• False

What is the electoral college?

• A group of people named by each state legislature to select the president and vice president.

• A questioning/survey, usually via telephone call, of a sample of people for their feelings on a particular issue, such as what they think of a political party or a commercial product.

• Primaries – a preliminary election to appoint delegates to a party conference or to select the candidates for a principal, especially presidential, election.

• A meeting of the members of a legislative body who are members of a particular political party, to select candidates or decide policy.

True or False? Indict is to officially charge a person of committing a crime.

• True

• False

What are the two mayor political parties?

• Democrats

• Republicans

• Liberatian

• Communism

What is the media?

• A diplomatic agreement that does not have the same binding force as a treaty.

• The devotion to the interests of others (alter in Latin) above that of the self. The opposite of egoism.

• The strategies and actions a candidate uses to encourage people to vote for a candidate

• Term applied to agencies of mass communication, such as newspapers, magazines, and telecommunications

What is a petit jury?

• Evidence that is almost an absolute certainty that a person did commit a crime

• A jury of 6 to 12 persons who determine guilt or innocence in a civil or criminal action

• An election held to choose which candidate will hold office

• A jury that evaluates if a person should be indicted (formally accused) of a crime

True or False? The Civil Rights Act (1964) is law that made discrimination based on race, gender, ethnicity, and religion illegal in a number of areas, including schools, businesses and jobs

• True

• False