Quarter 2 Vocab (pt3)

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

• Popular Vote

• Political Party

• Public Policy

• Electoral College

Member of the electoral college

• Watchdog

• Democrat Party

• Elector

• Political Party

The course of action the government takes in response to an issue or problem

• Policy Agenda

• Party Platform

• Political Party

• Public Policy

Person who seeks to influence political events

• Democrat Party

• Lobbyist

• Watchdog

• Republican Party

A document drawn up at each national convention, outlining the policies, positions, and principles of the party

• Interest Group

• Party Platform

• Public Policy

• Political Party

A group that seeks to elect candidates to public office

• Lobbyist

• Political Party

• Party Platform

• Electoral College

A political party supporting organized labor, the civil rights of minorities, and progressive reform

• Political Party

• Democrat Party

• Republican Party

• Lobbyist

The votes cast by citizens in an election

• Political Party

• Public Policy

• Popular Vote

• Electoral Vote

The role played by the national media in investigating political personalities and exposing scandals

• Biased

• Propaganda

• Lobbyist

• Watchdog

A party that is not the Democrats or Republicans

• 2nd Party

• 3rd Party

• Political Party

• Interest Group