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individual or group activity intended to exercise influence in the political system |
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leaving an area due to political disfunction |
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protest option (CA Protests) |
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Zuit suit riots Bombing of the LA Times Watts riots Rodney King riots |
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collective beliefs ,attitudes and values held by the citizenry |
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educated guesses on what the public or what a group is thinking |
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use a number of techniques to increase the likelihood that their results reflect the actual views of the larger population |
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those disenfranchised by the rules |
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those disenfranchised by their own behavior and attitudes |
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Reasons for preferential nonvoting |
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Personal Factors Structural Factors (too frequent elections) Partisan Factors Regional Factors |
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Political reform act of 1974 |
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requires disclosure of campaign contributions and expenditures, regulates the organization of cmpaign committees, limits entertaining by lobbyists and prohibits conflict of interest by local officials |
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Fair Political Practices Commission |
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established to implement Political reform at of 1974 |
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CA elections impact on national elections |
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-Initiatives began by CA expand to other states - Deep resource for campaign contributions - Many out of state contributions are given for CA elections - 55 electoral college votes |
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- want a more active government - favor more social spending - support higher taxes - oppose initiatives that limit government |
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- want less government - favor less social spending - oppose higher taxes - support initiatives that limit government |
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Voter/Nonvoter Race/Ethnicity (whites vote more) Age (older votes more) Partisan (Growing gap between liberal and conservative beliefs) Gender (Men tend to be more conservative) |
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