2. Fiscal: having to do with spending Conservative: in politics, prefers low spending and low taxes, balanced budgets Unabashed: not ashamed Centrist: in the middle Tenure: period serving in a position Crusading: fighting for a cause Progressive: liberal, strong democrat in favor of change Deficit: Budget shortage Revenue: Money coming in Prescient: able to predict the future Moratorium: suspension, stop until further notice Mortgage: Payment plan for a house Scorn: Criticism Pension: Retirement Plan Liberal: Very Democratic Conservative: Very Republican Post-partisan: Not really a Democrat or a Republican; some of both. Innovative: Creative

3. Elected Officials Representatives in government Examples: In Maryland, the Governor, State Senators, Delegates, Comptroller, Attorney General, etc.

4. Primary Election First round of voting where parties pick their candidates. For example, who will run for the democrats?

5. General Election Voting deciding who will actually take office. For example, will the democrat or republican win?

6. Candidate Someone running for office as an elected official.

7. Campaign An effort by a candidate to be elected

8. Political Party Political Party- An organization that brings together people with similar views to elect candidates that will represent them

9. America has two MAJOR political parties

12. Democrat Symbolism COLOR BLUE

13. Famous Democratic Presidents John F. KennedyBill Clinton Franklin D. RooseveltLyndon B. Johnson

14. Base of a Political Party Base A demographic group that reliably votes for a particular party

15. DEMOGRAPHICS

16. Demographics Demographics provide statistical data about specific population groups Examples: race, age, income, gender

17. Democrat’s Base Majority of Minority Populations

18. Democrat’s Base Gay Population

19. Democrat’s Base - College Students

20. Democrats on the Issues

21. Republican Symbolism COLOR RED “G.O.P” (Grand Old Party) Elephant

22. Famous Republican Presidents Dwight D. EisenhowerAbraham Lincoln Theodore RooseveltRonald Reagan

23. Republican Base Wealthy Business Owners

24. Republican Base Gun Owners

25. Republican Base Christians against abortion

26. Republicans Support Heavy Military Spending

27. Republicans Want harsher policies for illegal immigrants

28. General Stances of Republican Party

29. Political Party?

30. REPUBLICAN Political Party? DEMOCRATIC

31. What do political parties do?

33. Political Parties provide their candidate with the funding to compete for office and expose their candidate to the public.

34. Third Party Political parties that represent people who do not share the beliefs of the democrats or republicans

35. Cynthia McKinney; Green Party

36. Little guy vs. Big Guy

37. Demographics

38. Where do the numbers come from? U.S. Census - a survey of the American population taken every 10 years

40. If running for a public office (like mayor) in Atlanta... Whose votes do you need to win?

41. Unemployment Demographics in America If you are speaking to teenagers, you might want to mention the job training program you will pass once elected.

43. Religious Demographics in U.S. What do religious demographics look in each state? In each city? In each small town?

44. Politicians USE demographic data to understand voting trends/patterns

45. Demographics and Politicians

46. The following graphs will show Americans’ voting trends by… Gender Race Age Income Level Level of Education

52. Voting Age Population of States by Level of Education

54. Politicians pay attention to people who VOTE

55. Initiatives

56. Referendum

58. CFU: Can you tell the difference?

59. Interest Group an organization with a very specific legislative goal and that lobbies members of Congress to get their way

63. Looser and less strict gun laws; more protection for Second Amendment

64. What do interest groups do? They LOBBY. Lobbying - the use of different strategies to influence lawmakers to get what you want What are some examples of lobbying? 1. Meeting with legislators 2. Organizing letter campaigns on an issue 3. Calling legislators to praise or complain 4. Making donations to campaigns 5. Produce adds on candidates’ behalf

66. Mass Media Organizations that provide news and information to the general public (citizens)

69. Newspapers, Magazines, Radio

75. Power of Mass Media

76. What causes different media sources to focus some issues more than others?

77. Mr. Kennedy is a fan of the Pittsburgh Steelers So, when asked who is the best QB in the league, he is biased when he says it’s Big Ben.

79. This reporter is listing the number of dead soldiers in Iraq, but is he really saying something else? Media can send messages through what it chooses to report