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| Political Socialization | The process by which people form their ideas on politics and political values. This is influenced by family, education, peers and the media. |
| Safe seat | A seat in a legislature that is traditionally held by one political party because of the make-up of the local electorate |
| Natural Rights | are rights that men possessed as a gift from nature. It is the rights the men are born with and cannot be taken away from them. John Locke identified natural rights. He believed that with the natural rights, men are able to enjoy the rights of life, liberty, and property. |
| Popular Sovereignty | the belief that the legitimacy of the state was created by the will and approval of the people. |
| Capitalism | an economic and social system that makes the capital, land, and non-labor factors privately owned. It also trades goods and resources in the market to make a profit. |
| gender gap | difference between men and women's political views. Women tend to vote concerning abortion, gun control, education, and legal ages for drinking and smoking. Men tend to vote concerning policy making and the big picture. |
| religion | a set of beliefs. The liberty of freedom of religion is guaranteed to every individual (Amendment 1 of the Bill of Rights). |
| Socioeconomic status | economic and sociological combined total measure of a person's work experience and of an individual's or family's economic and social position related to others. It affects the economy in determining whp can get what job and how much people make. Ex) During industrialization, it distinguished wo owned factories and who worked in factories. |
| Melting Pot Theory | A place where immigrants of diferent cultures or races form an integrated society |
| Patisan | someone who strongly supports a particular person or cause, often without thinking carefully about the matter |
| Salad Bowl Theory | The intregation of the many different cultures of the United States residents combined |
| Demographics | physical features of a population like age, sex, family size, education, and population. Important because governments need to be able to distinguish between different types of people for research, projects, etc. |
| Race | a group of people that are put together on the basis of common history, geographic placement or nationality. Important because it was a huge part in the civil rights movement and equality for everyone. |
| Ethnicity | A distinguishing quality or association resulting from cultural or racial ties. Important because it was a huge part in the civil rights movement and equality for everyone. |
| Super Tuesday | its the day that many of the states hold the presidential primaries |
| Presidential Primary | The elections that happen first |
| Issue Advertising | Political advertisments that address a constitutional issue |
| Right of Expatriation | To leave your homeland (where you were born). |
| Eminent Domain/ Takings | The taking of private property. |
| Search Warrant | Court order by a judge that allows law enforcement to search a person or location for evidence of a criminal offense and take such items. |
| Latency | Present but not visible, apparent, or actualized. |
| Intensity | Great energy, strength, concentration, vehemence, etc as of activity, thought, or feeling |
| Canvas | Solicit votes from potiential voters in a campaign. |
| Safe Seat | A saet regarded as fully secured by a certain party, incumbent representative or a combination of both. This is important because these seats are to try and ensure their most talented politicians stau in parliament, regardless of the election results. |
| Incumbent | Someone who currently holds a political office. Important because the incumbent has often more name recognition and easy access to campaign finance and government resources that can help campaign. |
| Lame Duck | Person holding office after his or her replacement has been elected to the office, but before their term has ended. Important because lame duck officials tend to have less political power and other electical officials are not likely to cooperate with them. |
| Winner-take-all | In politics the winner take all rule is that the candidate pr party has more than 50 percent of teh votes theyt will receive the entire vote for the state. |
| Single Member District | The most common electoral system in the U.S. used to elect House members and many state officials. each district votes on one person to represent themin a legislative body. |
| Proportional Representation | A method of voting by which political parties are givenlegislative representation in proportion to their popular vote. |
| Political Culture | A person's way of thinking about how politics and the government should be carried out |
| American Dream | the common-held ideal of what life, status and wealth ought to be (white picket fence) |
| Political Socialization | The process by which your background traits (family history, religious ideals and education) influence your political views |
| Electoral College | * a set of electors who are selected to elect a candidate to a particular office. |
| Campaign finance reform bill of 1974 | is the common term for the political effort in the United States to change the involvement of money in politics, primarily in political campaigns. |
| National Presidential primary | A primary is a state-run election for the purpose of nominating party candidates to run in the general election. Presidential primaries perform this function indirectly, because voters elect delegates to a national convention rather than directly seeking presidential candidates. |
