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7247923756	government	Institutions that make decisions for society	0
7247925749	Public goods	Can't be denied, must be shared	1
7247930585	politics	determines who we select as our leaders	2
7247932073	political participation	the way people get involved in politics	3
7247959190	Single issue groups	so worried about one issue, that the reason for who they choose to vote for.	4
7247965403	policymaking system	the way government responds to needs of people	5
7247967724	Linkage institutions	Parties, elections, interest groups, media, report to policy makers.	6
7247977431	Policy agenda	more important issues first	7
7247980071	Political issue	when people disagree over a issue, or how to fix it.	8
7247983780	Policymaking institutions	Congress, Presidency, courts	9
7248050201	public policy	every law, policy, budget	10
7248051562	policy impacts	impact on society	11
7248052150	Democracy	selecting policymakers to best represent the publics best interest	12
7248077801	Majority rule	over half voters	13
7248079108	Minority rights	freedom of speech, assembly, other things in minority or majority	14
7248080690	representation	desires of people should be replicated by officials	15
7248082511	Pluralism	Pressing beliefs with organized efforts. (NRA, UAW)	16
7248085858	Elitism	upper class elite pulls the strings of government	17
7248091038	Hyper-pluralism	Too many groups, cripple government.	18
7248093060	Policy gridlock	Veto over policy,	19
7248094460	Political culture	the overall set of values in American society	20
7248097108	Gross domestic product	the total value of all goods services produced by US	21