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1. Electoral system used in electing the president and vice president - in which voters vote for electors pledged to cast their ballots for particular party's candidates.






2. A secret ballot printed by the state.






3. Constitutional requirement that governments act reasonably and that the substance of the laws themselves be fair and reasonable; limits what the government may do.






4. Power of a government to take private property for public use; the U.S. Constitution gives national and state governments this power and requires them to provide just compensation for property so taken.






5. The total output of all economic activity in the nation - including goods and services.






6. Elections in which voters elect officeholders.






7. The tendency in elections to focus on the personal attributes of a candidate - such as his/her strengths - weaknesses - background - experience - and visibility.






8. Agreement signed by the United States - Canada - and Mexico in 1992 to form the largest free trade zone in the world.






9. A policy promoting cutbacks in the amount of Federal regulation in specific areas of economic activity.






10. Relationships among interest groups - congressional committees and subcommittees - and the government agencies that share a common policy concern.






11. A formal decision to reject a bill passed by Congress after it adjourns






12. Constitutional division of powers among the legislative - executive - and judicial branches - with the legislative branch making law - the executive applying and enforcing the law - and the judiciary interpreting the law.






13. Method whereby representatives of the union and employer determine wages - hours - and other conditions of employment through direct negotiation.






14. The political arm of an interest group that is legally entitled to raise funds on a voluntary basis from members - stockholders - or employees to contribute funds to candidates or political parties.






15. Procedure for submitting to popular vote the removal of officials from office before the end of their term.






16. Remedial action designed to overcome the effects of discrimination against minorities and women.






17. The constitutional requirement (in Article II - Section 3) that presidents take care that the laws are faithfully executed - even if they disagree with the purpose of those laws.






18. Elections in which voters determine party nominees.






19. Largely banned party soft money - restored a long-standing prohibition on corporations and labor unions for using general treasury funds for electoral purposes - and narrowed the definition of issue advocacy.






20. A characteristic of individuals that is predictive of political behavior.






21. A type of policy that takes benefits (usually through taxes) from one group of Americans and gives them to another (usually through spending).






22. Unlimited and undisclosed spending by an individual or group on communications that do not use words like 'vote for' or 'vote against -' although much of this activity is actually about electing or defeating candidates.






23. Quality or state of a work that taken as a whole appeals to a prurient interest in sex by depicting sexual conduct in a patently offensive way and that lacks serious literary - artistic - political - or scientific value.






24. A philosophy that encourages individual nations tacked together to solve international problems.






25. Implies that although federalism provides 'a sharing of power and authority between the national and state governments - the state's share rests upon the permission and permissiveness of the national government.'






26. A theory of international relations that focuses on the tendency of nations to operate from self-interest.






27. Money government provides to parents to pay their children's tuition in a public or private school of their choice.






28. An imbalance in international trade in which the value of imports exceeds the value of exports.






29. An individual who does not to join a group representing his or her interests yet receives the benefit of the group's influence.






30. An official who is expected to represent the views of his or her constituents even when personally holding different views; one interpretation of the role of legislator.






31. Trial or punishment for the same crime by the same government; forbidden by the Constitution.






32. Synonymous with 'collective action -' it specifically studies how government officials - politicians - and voters respond to positive and negative incentives.






33. Federal laws (starting with the Sherman Act of 1890) that tried to prevent a monopoly from dominating an industry and restraining trade.






34. A PAC formed by an officeholder that collects contributions from individuals and other PACs and then makes contributions to other candidates and political parties.






35. Programs such as unemployment insurance - disaster relief - or disability payments that provide benefits to all eligible citizens.






36. A president's claim of broad public support.






37. Belief in the superiority of one's nation or ethnic group.






38. An official document - published every weekday - which lists the new and proposed regulations of executive departments and regulatory agencies.






39. A decision by the president not to spend money appropriated by Congress - now prohibited under Federal law.






40. Initial proposal at the Constitutional Convention made by the Virginia delegation for a strong central government with a bicameral legislature dominated by the big states.






41. The process by which provisions of the bill of rights are brought within the scope of the Fourteenth Amendment and so applied to state and local governments.






42. An action taken by Congress to reverse the presidential veto - requiring a two-thirds majority in each chamber.






43. Promoting a particular position or an issue by interest groups or individuals but not candidates. Much issue advocacy is often electioneering for or against a candidate and - until 2004 had not been subject to regulation.






44. Powers that grow out of the very existence of government.






45. A court with appellate jurisdiction that hears appeals from the decisions of lower courts.






46. Those citizens who follow public affairs carefully.






47. Conservative Christians who (as a group) have become more active in politics in the last two decades and were especially influential in the 2000 presidential election.






48. Consumer tax on a specific kind of merchandise - such as tobacco.






49. A tax graduated so that people with higher incomes pay larger fraction of their income than people with lower incomes.






50. Those citizens who follow public affairs closely.







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