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| person who fights for a cause, such as fair trade or lower taxes. |
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| someone who tries to persuade politicians to vote for his or her organization or case. |
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| technique in polling meant to be representative of the whole. |
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| polls. Citizens are asked questions that give an accurate measure of what they think about an issue. |
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| unjustly harming someone's reputation through print. |
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| survey of public opinion. |
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| political mechanism for putting an issue on the ballot to be decided by popular vote, guaranteed by the first amendment. |
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| not caring about or being involved in something. |
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| unfair preference for or against an issue. |
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| the people's chief political means to change society. |
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| when citizens cannot change conditions through normal political means, they often turn to demonstrations, boycotts, and civil disobedience, three forms of protest. |
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| intentionally and falsely smearing someone's reputation in speech. |
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