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Down: 1) the practice of perceiving media messages the way one wants to2) attempting to influence policy makers5) appointing loyal party members to government positions6) goveernment in which one party controls the presidency while another controls the Congress8) problem faced by interest groups when citizens can reap the benefits of interest group action without actually joining, pariticipating, or contributing9) an informal association of federal agency, congressional committee, and interest group that is said to have heavy influence over policy making10) contention that prties are less meanginful to voters who have abandoned the parties in greater numbers to become indpendents12) elections in which candidates are not identified by party memebership on the ballot13) the practice of selectively choosing media sources which are in harmony with one's own beliefs16) the cycle in which a person alternatley works for the public sector and private sector, thus blurring the individual's sense of loyalty17) ballot in which candidates are arranged by party rather than office. Encourages straight ticket voting21) theory that policy making is the rsult of intersest group competition Across: 3) FCC rule that required broadcasters to air a variety of viewpoints on their programs4) term used by Madison to denote what we now call interest groups7) the act or process of carrying out a lawsuit11) theory that upper class elites exercise great influence over public policy14) a short , pithy comment that is likely to attract media attention15) mediat 'attack" when tehy sense wrongdoing or scandal in government,18) the tendancy of media to report on an election campaign as if it were a horse race19) an interest group that raises funds and donates to election campaigns20) ballot in which candidates are arranged by officer rather than party. Encourages split ticket voting22) placing a certain slant on a story to deflect a negative public attention against a candidate or office holder23) "friend of the court" brief filed by an interest group to influnce a Supreme Court decision24) a staged campaign event htat attracts favorable visual media coverage: candidate reading to children
 

 

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