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1. A national meeting of delegates elected at primaries - caucuses - or state conventions who assemble once every four years to nominate candidates for president and vice president - ratify the party platform - elect officers - and adopt rules.






2. A theory of government that holds that open - multiple - and competing groups can check the asserted power by any one group.






3. Denial of export - import - or financial relations with the target country in an effort to change that nation's policies.






4. A technique of Congress to establish federal regulations. Direct orders must be complied with under threat of criminal or civil sanction. An example is the Equal Employment Opportunity Act of 1972 - barring job discrimination by state and local gover






5. Period at the beginning of the new president's term during which the president enjoys generally positive relations with the press and Congress - usually lasting about six months.






6. Government by religious leaders - who claim divine guidance.






7. The number of Americans who are out of work but actively looking for a job. The number does not usually include those who are not looking.






8. An organization that seeks political power by electing people to office so that its positions and philosophy become public policy.






9. Those citizens who follow public affairs closely.






10. Election in which voters choose party nominees.






11. Words that by their very nature inflict injury on those to whom they are addressed or insight them to acts of violence.






12. A legislative practice that assigns the chair of the committee or subcommittee to the member of the majority party with the longest continuous service on the committee.






13. The redrawing of congressional and other legislative district lines following the census - to accommodate population shifts and keep districts as equal as possible in population.






14. An election system in which each party running receives the proportion of legislative seats corresponding to its proportion of the vote.






15. In this type of sample - every individual has unknown and random chance of being selected.






16. Formal accusation against a president or other public official - the first step in removal from office.






17. A legal action conferring citizenship on an alien.






18. Elections held in years when the president is on the ballot.






19. A formal decision to reject the bill passed by Congress.






20. Segregation imposed by law.






21. A procedural practice in the Senate whereby a senator temporarily blocks the consideration of the bill or nomination.






22. Governance according to the expressed preferences of the majority.






23. The process by which we develop our political attitudes - values - and beliefs.






24. Political contributions given to a party - candidate - or interest group that are limited in amounts and fully disclosed. Raising such limited funds is harder than raising unlimited funds - hence the term 'hard money.'






25. Censorship imposed before a speech is made or a newspaper is published; usually presumed to be unconstitutional.






26. Interpretation of the First Amendment that holds that freedom of expression is so essential to democracy that governments should not punish persons for what they say - only for what they do.






27. A company with a labor agreement under which union membership can be a condition of employment.






28. The informal list of issues that Congress and the president consider most important for action.






29. A small political party that rises and falls with a charismatic candidate or - if composed of ideologies on the right or left - usually persists over time; also called a third party.






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






31. International organization derived from the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT) that promotes it free trade around the world.






32. The candidate or party that wins more than half the votes cast in an election.






33. Statement required by Federal law from all agencies for any project using Federal funds to assess the potential affect of the new construction or development on the environment.






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






35. The powers expressly given to Congress in the Constitution.






36. Government by the people - both directly or indirectly - with free and frequent elections.






37. Biological - chemical - or nuclear weapons that can cause a massive number of deaths in a single use.






38. Promoting a particular position or an issue paid for 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 any regulation.






39. Aid to the poor; 'welfare.'






40. Compromise agreement by states at the Constitutional Convention for a bicameral legislature with a lower house in which representation would be based on population and an upper house in which each state would have two senators.






41. The study of the characteristics of populations.






42. Committee appointed by the presiding officers of each chamber to adjust differences on a particular bill passed by each in different form.






43. Domination of an industry by a single company that fixes prices and discourages competition; also - the company that dominates the industry by these means.






44. The right of a federal law or a regulation to preclude enforcement of a state or local law or regulation.






45. Formal accusation by the lower house of legislature against a public official - the first step in removal from office.






46. Powers that the Constitution gives to both the national and state governments - such as the power to levy taxes.






47. Party leader who is the liaison between the leadership and the rank-and-file in the legislature.






48. The rights of an individual to own - use - rent - invest in - buy - and sell property.






49. System designed to reduce voter fraud by limiting voting to those who have established eligibility to vote by submitting the proper documents.






50. How groups form and organize to pursue their goals or objectives - including how to get individuals and groups to participate and to cooperate. The term has many applications in the various social sciences such as political science - sociology - and







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