| A | B |
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| nominate | select candidates to run for office |
| platform | a statement of the party’s views and policies on important issues |
| propaganda | ideas used to influence people’s thinking or behavior |
| political party | a group of citizens with similar view on public issues who work to put their ideas into effective government action |
| election | where voters choose their leaders from the candidates offered by all the political parties |
| interest group | organizations of people with common interests who try to influence government policies and decisions |
| Electoral College | group of electors who cast the official vote for president |
| lobbying | seek to influence (a politician or public official) on an issue |
| two-party system | a system in which 2 main political parties compete for control |
| third parties | minor political parties in a two-party system |
| electorate | a body of qualified voters |
| liberal | Democratic party- it favors a greater role for the federal government in providing social programs than the Republicans does |
| conservative | Republican party- more likely to support reducing the power of the federal government in operating social programs |
| mass media | forms of communication that transmit information to large numbers of people |
| campaign | an organized course of action to achieve a goal |
| recruit | to increase the number by enlisting new members |
| fact | something that can be proven true |
| opinion | a judgement formed about something not necessarily based on fact |
| bias | one-sided |
| editorial | newspaper article written giving an opinion on a specific issue |
| political spectrum | a system that classifies certain political positions in relation to one another |
