party meeting held in the presidential year for the purpose of nominating candidate for the ticket
an unpledged candidate in the Democratic Party
collection of policy oriented researchers and academics that are sources of policy ideas
a party organization that recruits voter loyalty in exchange for incentives
a gradual rearrangement of party coalitions, usually based on demographic shifts
the process by which a campaign reaches individual voters, by door or telephone
the individual who travels with the candidate and coordinate the campaign
The individual who coordinates the financial business of the campaign
fund raising organizations that represent interest groups and can legally make contributions to campaigns
ad that compares the records and proposals of the candidate with a bias towards the candidate sponsoring the ad
Info provided to a journalist that will not be attributed to a named sourc
form of investigative journalism exposing corruption and misconduct
targeting media programming at specific populations withini society.
limitations on the substance of mass media
a document offering an official comment or position
activities of a group or organization that seek to persuade political leaders to support the group's positions
potential members fail to join a group, because they can get the benefit without contributing to the effort
a person who finances a group or individual activity
theory that public policy are the result of narrowly defined exchanges among political actors (elites)
group that represents a specific industry
the individual charged with interacting and communicating with journalists on a daily basis
a person's political affinity for a political party
the process of forming the list of issues to be addressed by the government
the increasingly conflicting and divided viewpoints between parties
a voting system that apportions legislative seats according to to the % of vote won
