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1 Election Lingo

2 Attack Ads – Ads that tell you why you should not vote for someone
Check the small print

3 Battleground States – states up for grabs

4 Blue Collar workers – hourly workers
White Collar workers – salary workers View life differently

5 Lobbyists – professional influencers
University lobbyist try to get help for universities Funding, helpful laws

6 Mudslinging – negative nasty personal attacks

7 Political Action Committee (PAC)
Private organization that collect money for campaigns Limit of $5,000 per candidate Help with advertisement

8 Spin – candidates interpret what happened after the fact.
What I meant was… I didn’t know they were moving to China! slow release of information (slight of hand)

9 Swing Votes – voters who are not registered to the republican or democratic party
Undecided voters

10 Super PAC – no affiliation to the candidate
No limits on funding

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12 Youth Vote – year olds 2004 2008

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15 Voting in Mt. Pleasant

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19 The Youth Movement Voting Statistics

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