Vocab. no. 5

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🔅 Political Culture 

The commonly shared beliefs, values, and norms about government

🔅 Political Efficacy 

A citizen's faith or trust in government and their ability to cause change

🔅 Political Tolerance 

refers to a willingness to extend the rights of citizenship to all members of the polity

🔅 Pragmatism 

how the truth is defined by the beliefs in terms of the success of reasonable purposes

🔅 Ideology

an integrated set of beliefs that shape a person’s views

🔅 Political Socialization

Process in which people acquire their political beliefs

🔅 Incumbency 

the holding of an office seat for a period of time 

🔅 Voter Turnout 

the total number of voters who participate 

🔅 Elitism

A desire to have only the "best” people select the President

🔅 False Consciousness

inability to recognize inequality, oppression, and exploitation in a capitalist society

🔅 Trickle-down theory

a belief that tax cuts to businesses, they will create more jobs which are good for society and the economy

🔅 Horse Race Mentality

More emphasis on winning public opinion than focusing on the issues

🔅 Retrospective Voting

voting based on the question, “Have things gotten better or worse since the last election?”

🔅 Prospective Voting

voting based on the views of the candidate regarding issues the voter values and the candidate's likelihood in handling the issue in a way the voter will agree with

🔅 Soft Money

money that is undisclosed, unlimited donations to parties for party-building activities

(“𝘐𝘧 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘬 𝘺𝘰𝘶’𝘳𝘦 𝘨𝘰𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘰 𝘤𝘳𝘢𝘴𝘩, 𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘱 𝘰𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘱𝘦𝘥𝘢𝘭 𝘩𝘢𝘳𝘥𝘦𝘳.” ― 𝘔𝘪𝘯 𝘠𝘰𝘰𝘯𝘨𝘪)┊{{  }} . ∙ .°