Terminology:
- Chapter Four: Voting and Elections
at-large
closed primary
disenfranchisement
early voting
15th Amendment
"get out the vote"
incumbents
microtargeting
motor voter law
name identification
negative campaigning
open primary
political action committees (PASs)
political efficacy
political socialization
poll tax
primary election
public opinion polling
register
runoff election
single-member districts
special election
split-ticket voting
straight ticket voting
super PACs
Voting Rights Act of 1965
- Chapter Five: Political Parties.
conservative
decentralization
Duverger's Law
gerrymander
Legislative Redistricting Board
liberal
New Deal
partisan
party competition
party platform
reapportionment
redistricting
winner-take-all election
- - Chapter Six: Interest Groups.
agency capture
amicus curiae briefs
Astroturf Lobbying
disclosure
electioneering
elite theory
free rider problem
grassroots lobbying
interest groups
iron triangle
issue network
lobbying
pluralist theory
private interest groups
public interest groups
recuse
revolving door
selective benefits
transactional theory
