| A | B |
|---|
| Electronic and Print Media | Mass Media |
| a sampling or collection of opinions on a subject, taken from either a selected or a random group of persons, as for the purpose of analysis | Polls |
| government plans for the community | Public Agenda |
| the individual planks, where the party stands on the issues | Party Platform |
| A formal expression of preference for a candidate for office or for a proposed resolution of an issue | Vote |
| To object to, especially in a formal statement | Protest |
| inclination to present or hold a partial perspective at the expense of alternatives. | Bias |
| spoken untruths | Slander |
| written untruths | Libel |
| a simple formal request of the government | Petitions |
| research a research method involving the use of questionnaires and/or statistical surveys to gather data about people and their thoughts and behaviours | Surveys |
| a sample in which every element in the population has an equal chance of being selected statistics | Random Samples |
| an advocate or opposing a cause or issue vigorously, esp. a political cause | Activists |
| a person who works for an interest group | Lobbyist |
| an attitude where people do not care | Apathy |
| goal of protecting the public and keeping them safe. | Public Safety |
| idea that a federal government should be powerful enough and have the authority to quell rebellions and prevent violent conflict between lower levels of governments, such as between the states. | Domestic Tranquility |
| bodies of rules with the potential for severe impositions as punishment for failure to comply. | Criminal Law |
| the plantiff in a criminal case | Prosecution |
| a charge for an action that an individual pays | Fines |
| laws that deal with cases between individuals | Civil Law |
| cases where the courts are asked to settle a dispute | Lawsuits |
| collection of state criminal laws | Penal Code |
| punishments that are set by law and that a judge must give no matter who the is or the reason for the crime | Mandatory Sentencing |
| no government | Anarchy |
