Elections Vocabulary MMS

a view or judgment formed about something, not necessarily based on fact or knowledge

• opinion

• fact

• idea

• truth

Misleading information used to promote a political cause or point of view

• election

• opinion

• mass media

• propaganda

Television, radio, the Internet, newspapers, magazines, books, recordings, movies

• candidate

• election

• mass media

• campaign

a thing that is known or proved to be true

• fact

• opinion

• idea

• item

Good or bad feeling about a person/group that affects judgment

• fact

• bias

• mass media

• candidate

Belief that government should be small, operating mainly at the state or local level,  favors minimal government interference in the economy; right wing

• candidate

• liberal

• moderate

• conservative

Belief that government should intervene in the economy and provide a broad range of social services to ensure well-being and equality across society; left wing

• political party

• liberal

• political action committee

• conservative

To have average feelings about political views and opinions; the "political center"

• moderate

• liberal

• conservative

• political action committee

Money given directly to a political candidate

• hard money

• soft money

• wet money

• lost money

an organized course of action to achieve a goal

• campaign

• election

• political action committee

• bias