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| wealth based on money and goods | ||
| groups with different beliefs and culture | ||
| abundant and fertile land | ||
| individual belief that government will respond | ||
| individual attitudes toward an issue | ||
| american voter | ||
| developed public opinion polling | ||
| people connected to ideas by parties | ||
| always vote democratic | ||
| gives everyone in the population an equal probability of being selected | ||
| asks television viewers to call in their opinions. is not very expensive | ||
| wanted a strong central government | ||
| wanted a weak central government | ||
| the party was formed in opposition to the policies of president Andrew Jackson and his democratic party | ||
| connect people in a large democracy to the government. media, interest groups, parties, elections | ||
| the period in the US corresponding with the term of Monroe from 1817-1825 | ||
| when voters are moved toward nonpartisanship thus weakening the structure of political parties | ||
| government in which one party controls the presidency while another party controls the congress | ||
| lobbyists... interests that represent institutions | ||
| raised and distributed by political action committees to promote a candidate or issue | ||
| mixture of public and private money funds for presidential elections | ||
| 6 person federal election commission... no cash over 100 everything above $100 must be disclosed, no foreign money | ||
| system which the people elect one representative per district. winner take all. | ||
| election to choose candidates open to independents and where voters may choose | ||
| party election to choose candidates that is closed to independent voters may not cross party lines | ||
| election to choose candidates that is closed to independent voters can choose candidates from all the parties. |
