POS 160 Chapter 5: POS 160 Chapter Five Key Terms
16 May 2019
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Political parties: organizations that nominate candidates to compete in elections and promote policy ideas. Ideology: core beliefs about the nature and role of the political system. Ticket splitting: voting for candidates of different political parties in a general election. Tea party: conservative/libertarian grassroots political movement whose supporters favor smaller government. Unified government: both houses of the legislature and the governor"s office are controlled by the same party. Divided government: one party controls the governor"s office and the other party controls the legislature or each party controls one legislative chamber. Dealignment: the weakening of an individual"s attachment to political parties. Interest groups: organizations of like-minded individuals who desire to influence government. Lobbying: process by which groups and individuals attempt to influence policy makers. Grassroots lobbying: group mobilization of citizens to contact public officials on behalf of shared public policy views. Political action committees (pacs): organizations that raise and distribute campaign funds to candidates for elective office.
