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Question	Answer
A consistent tilt to favor one side of an issue	Bias
The organized effort by a candidate to win support in an election	campaign
Laws that try to limit how much money an individual, an organization, or company can donate to a candidate	Campaign finance reform laws
Political views that favor traditional ideas individual responsibility, family life, and business freedom	Conservative
In a newspaper a short essay that gives the newspaper publishers or top editors view of public issue	Editorial
the body of electors who formally elect the United States president and vice president	Electoral college
An organization of people with an interest in a particular public issue, such as gun control or the environment	Interest group
Political views that favor a large role for the government in promoting a greater equality of conditions in society	Liberal
The term for all forms of communication, including the radio, TV, newspapers, books, magazines, the internet , recordings and movies	Media
In politics people who fall in the middle range of liberal conservative split	Moderate
To officially put forth a candidate to run for political office	Nominate
A large meeting held by a political party to officially pick the parties candidate for public office	Nominating convection
Op- Ed pieces commentary essays run in a newspaper , usually on the page facing the editorial page.	Op- Ed pieces
Political action committies	PACs
The official statement of a political party view or position on various public issues	Platform
An organization of citizens that tries to get its members elected to public office and influence public polices and laws	Political party
An election in which members of a political party vote to help select the parts candidate	Primary selection
Information, usually false and misleading , that is delibaratley repeated over and over in an attempt to influence votes or public oppion on an issue ,	Propaganda
Ina two party system , the smaller extra political parties.	Third party
Ina two party system , the smaller extra political parties.	Third party
Ina two party system , the smaller extra political parties.	Third party