1. interest group ANS >>> A collection of people who share a common interest or
attitude and seek to influence government for specific ends. Interest groups
usually work within the framework of government and try to achieve their goals
through tactics such as lobbying.
2. Lobbyist ANS >>> The individuals who represent and advocate on behalf of an
interest group.
3. public interest group ANS >>> An interest group that advocates for an issue that
benefits society as a whole.
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, 4. economic interest groups ANS >>> Interest groups that include organizations
that lobby for big businesses.
5. grassroots lobbying ANS >>> Efforts to mobilize local support for an issue
position the group has taken.
6. Political Action Committee (PAC) ANS >>> A political arm of a business,
labor, trade, professional, or other group. Are legally authorized to raise
voluntary funds from employees or members of the group to contribute to a
party or candidate.
7. agenda building ANS >>> The process by which new issues are brought to the
attention of political decision-makers.
8. program monitoring ANS >>> When individuals or groups keep track of the
government's actions to determine whether and how a bureaucracy or other
administrative agency is implementing legislation.
9. voter fatigue ANS >>> The term for the apathy that the electorate can
experience when they are required to vote too often in too many elections.
10. open primaries ANS >>> Allows anyone who is eligible to vote in the primary
election to vote for a party's selection.
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, 11. closed primaries ANS >>> Voters are required to register with a specific party
before the election and are only able to vote in the party's election for which they are
registered.
12. presidential primary ANS >>> A series of staggered electoral contests in
which mem- bers of a party choose delegates to attend the party's national
convention which officially nominates the party's presidential candidate.
13. Caucus ANS >>> A meeting of party members to choose party officials or
candidates for public office and to decide the platform.
14. voter turnout ANS >>> the percentage of eligible citizens who actually vote in
a given election
15. rational choice model ANS >>> Developed by Anthony Downs, who argued that
individ- uals are self-interested actors who use a cost-benefit analysis to determine
whether it is in their self-interest to vote.
16. civic duty model ANS >>> a person votes out of a sense of responsibility to the
political unit, or a commitment to democratic government and the obligations and
duties as well as the rights of citizens to maintain self-government.
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attitude and seek to influence government for specific ends. Interest groups
usually work within the framework of government and try to achieve their goals
through tactics such as lobbying.
2. Lobbyist ANS >>> The individuals who represent and advocate on behalf of an
interest group.
3. public interest group ANS >>> An interest group that advocates for an issue that
benefits society as a whole.
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, 4. economic interest groups ANS >>> Interest groups that include organizations
that lobby for big businesses.
5. grassroots lobbying ANS >>> Efforts to mobilize local support for an issue
position the group has taken.
6. Political Action Committee (PAC) ANS >>> A political arm of a business,
labor, trade, professional, or other group. Are legally authorized to raise
voluntary funds from employees or members of the group to contribute to a
party or candidate.
7. agenda building ANS >>> The process by which new issues are brought to the
attention of political decision-makers.
8. program monitoring ANS >>> When individuals or groups keep track of the
government's actions to determine whether and how a bureaucracy or other
administrative agency is implementing legislation.
9. voter fatigue ANS >>> The term for the apathy that the electorate can
experience when they are required to vote too often in too many elections.
10. open primaries ANS >>> Allows anyone who is eligible to vote in the primary
election to vote for a party's selection.
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, 11. closed primaries ANS >>> Voters are required to register with a specific party
before the election and are only able to vote in the party's election for which they are
registered.
12. presidential primary ANS >>> A series of staggered electoral contests in
which mem- bers of a party choose delegates to attend the party's national
convention which officially nominates the party's presidential candidate.
13. Caucus ANS >>> A meeting of party members to choose party officials or
candidates for public office and to decide the platform.
14. voter turnout ANS >>> the percentage of eligible citizens who actually vote in
a given election
15. rational choice model ANS >>> Developed by Anthony Downs, who argued that
individ- uals are self-interested actors who use a cost-benefit analysis to determine
whether it is in their self-interest to vote.
16. civic duty model ANS >>> a person votes out of a sense of responsibility to the
political unit, or a commitment to democratic government and the obligations and
duties as well as the rights of citizens to maintain self-government.
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