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A-Z dictionary for policy & political terminology
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19th amendment
19th amendment
527 groups
527 groups
a shoo-in
a shoo-in
aardvarking
aardvarking
absent vote
absent vote
absentee ballot
absentee ballot
absentee ballot
absentee ballot
Absentee Voting
Absentee Voting
absolute majority
absolute majority
absolute majority
absolute majority
absolutism
absolutism
accord
accord
acquisitive model
acquisitive model
action codes
action codes
actual malice
actual malice
actuarial science
actuarial science
actuarial science
actuarial science
ad hominem
ad hominem
ad hominem
ad hominem
adjourn
adjourn
adjournment
adjournment
adjournment
adjournment
adjournment debate
adjournment debate
adjournment sine die
adjournment sine die
administrative adjudication
administrative adjudication
administrative law
administrative law
advance man
advance man
adversarial system
adversarial system
advice and consent
advice and consent
affirm
affirm
affirmative action
affirmative action
AFFIRMATIVE ACTION
AFFIRMATIVE ACTION
affirmative action
affirmative action
agency capture
agency capture
agency representation
agency representation
agenda-setting
agenda-setting
agent provocateur
agent provocateur
agitprop
agitprop
agitprop
agitprop
agora
agora
aisle
aisle
Akinize
Akinize
all things to all men
all things to all men
alternative facts
alternative facts
altruism
altruism
amen corner
amen corner
amendment
amendment
amendment
amendment
amendment exchange
amendment exchange
amendment in the nature of a substitute
amendment in the nature of a substitute
American conservatism
American conservatism
American exceptionalism
American exceptionalism
American liberalism
American liberalism
Americans with Disabilities Act
Americans with Disabilities Act
amicus curiae
amicus curiae
amicus curiae brief
amicus curiae brief
an end-run around the constitution
an end-run around the constitution
anarchism
anarchism
anarchy
anarchy
ANARCHY
ANARCHY
ancien régime
ancien régime
ANDROCRACY
ANDROCRACY
androcracy
androcracy
anti-clericalism
anti-clericalism
apparatchik
apparatchik
appeasement
appeasement
appellate jurisdiction
appellate jurisdiction
appointment power
appointment power
Appropriation
Appropriation
appropriation
appropriation
approval voting
approval voting
armageddon
armageddon
armistice
armistice
Articles of Confederation
Articles of Confederation
Assistant Minority Leader
Assistant Minority Leader
astroturfing
astroturfing
Astroturfing
Astroturfing
Astrotweeting
Astrotweeting
asymmetrical warfare
asymmetrical warfare
attack journalism
attack journalism
Australian ballot
Australian ballot
Australian ballot
Australian ballot
autocracy
autocracy
autocracy
autocracy
AUTOCRACY
AUTOCRACY
AUTONOMY
AUTONOMY
autonomy
autonomy
back channel
back channel
backbencher
backbencher
backbencher
backbencher
backchannel
backchannel
backgrounder
backgrounder
bad-tendency rule
bad-tendency rule
bailout
bailout
Baiting
Baiting
Baizuo
Baizuo
Bakke case
Bakke case
balance of power
balance of power
balanced budget
balanced budget
Balanced Budget
Balanced Budget
balanced ticket
balanced ticket
balancing the ticket
balancing the ticket
Balkanization
Balkanization
ballot
ballot
ballot box stuffing
ballot box stuffing
ballot paper
ballot paper
banana republic
banana republic
bandwagon
bandwagon
bargaining chip
bargaining chip
barnstormer
barnstormer
barrio
barrio
Barry Goldwater
Barry Goldwater
battleground state
battleground state
battleground state
battleground state
bed-wetting
bed-wetting
bedwetter
bedwetter
bell the cat
bell the cat
Belle Époque
Belle Époque
BELLWETHER
BELLWETHER
bellwether
bellwether
bellwether
bellwether
bellwether state
bellwether state
benign neglect
benign neglect
Bias
Bias
BICAMERAL
BICAMERAL
bicameral
bicameral
bicameral / unicameral
bicameral / unicameral
bicameral legislature
bicameral legislature
bien pensant
bien pensant
Big Government
Big Government
big government
big government
big tent
big tent
bigot
bigot
bilateral
bilateral
bill
bill
bill
bill
bill
bill
bill
bill
bill of attainder
bill of attainder
bill of attainder
bill of attainder
bill of rights
bill of rights
Bill of Rights
Bill of Rights
bill summary
bill summary
Bills
Bills
biomass
biomass
bipartisan
bipartisan
Bipartisan
Bipartisan
Bipartisan Campaign Finance Reform Act
Bipartisan Campaign Finance Reform Act
bipolar system
bipolar system
Bircher
Bircher
bird-dogging
bird-dogging
black letter law
black letter law
blanket primary
blanket primary
blanket primary
blanket primary
Bleeding Heart
Bleeding Heart
bleeding hearts
bleeding hearts
block grant
block grant
block voting
block voting
blog
blog
blue dog
blue dog
Blue Dog Democrats
Blue Dog Democrats
blue state
blue state
blue state
blue state
blue state / red state
blue state / red state
blue-ribbon seat
blue-ribbon seat
blue-slipping
blue-slipping
body man
body man
bodyman
bodyman
boilerplate
boilerplate
boiling frog
boiling frog
boll weevil Democrat
boll weevil Democrat
boodle
boodle
boondoggle
boondoggle
BOONDOGGLE
BOONDOGGLE
boondoggle
boondoggle
Borking
Borking
bourgeois
bourgeois
Bradley effect
Bradley effect
Bradley effect
Bradley effect
branch stacking
branch stacking
bread and circuses
bread and circuses
bread and circuses
bread and circuses
brief
brief
brinkmanship
brinkmanship
broadcast media
broadcast media
brokered convention
brokered convention
brokered convention
brokered convention
brokered convention
brokered convention
Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka, Kansas
Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka, Kansas
bubble
bubble
budget resolution
budget resolution
bully pulpit
bully pulpit
bully pulpit
bully pulpit
Bully Pulpit
Bully Pulpit
bundlers
bundlers
bundlers
bundlers
bundling
bundling
bundling
bundling
bunk
bunk
bureaucracy
bureaucracy
buying power
buying power
by request
by request
by-election
by-election
by-election
by-election
by-election
by-election
by-law
by-law
cabal
cabal
cabal
cabal
cabinet
cabinet
cabinet
cabinet
caesaropapism
caesaropapism
Caesar’s wife
Caesar’s wife
calendar
calendar
Calendar Wednesday
Calendar Wednesday
caliphate
caliphate
Camelot
Camelot
Camp David
Camp David
Campaign
Campaign
Campaign
Campaign
Campaign
Campaign
cancel culture
cancel culture
CANDIDATE
CANDIDATE
candidate
candidate
Candidate
Candidate
candidate-centered politics
candidate-centered politics
candy desk
candy desk
can’t win technique
can’t win technique
capitalism
capitalism
captive candidate
captive candidate
carbon sequestration
carbon sequestration
caretaker government
caretaker government
carpetbagger
carpetbagger
carpetbagger
carpetbagger
carry water
carry water
case law
case law
casework
casework
casework
casework
Cassandra
Cassandra
casting vote
casting vote
casual vacancy [Aust.]
casual vacancy [Aust.]
casus belli
casus belli
categorical grants
categorical grants
cats and dogs
cats and dogs
cattle call
cattle call
caucus
caucus
caucus
caucus
Caucus
Caucus
caucus
caucus
cause célèbre
cause célèbre
CBO – Congressional Budget Office
CBO – Congressional Budget Office
cemetery vote
cemetery vote
cemetery vote
cemetery vote
census
census
central bank
central bank
centralization
centralization
centrally planned economy
centrally planned economy
chain migration
chain migration
charter
charter
Chartists
Chartists
Chatham House Rule
Chatham House Rule
Chatham House Rules
Chatham House Rules
Checkers speech
Checkers speech
Checks and Balances
Checks and Balances
checks and balances
checks and balances
checks and balances
checks and balances
checks and balances
checks and balances
Chequers
Chequers
Cherokee Strip
Cherokee Strip
Chicago-style politics
Chicago-style politics
chicken in every pot
chicken in every pot
chief of state
chief of state
chilling effect
chilling effect
chum
chum
Circumstantial evidence
Circumstantial evidence
Citizen
Citizen
citizen
citizen
citizens initiated referendum
citizens initiated referendum
city on a hill
city on a hill
civic education
civic education
civil liberties
civil liberties
civil rights
civil rights
Civil Rights Act of 1964
Civil Rights Act of 1964
Civil Rights Cases
Civil Rights Cases
civil service
civil service
Civil Service Commission
Civil Service Commission
Civil Service Reform Act of 1883
Civil Service Reform Act of 1883
Civil Service Reform Act of 1978
Civil Service Reform Act of 1978
civil society
civil society
civil war
civil war
civis Romanus sum
civis Romanus sum
civis Romanus sum
civis Romanus sum
classical conservatism
classical conservatism
classical liberalism
classical liberalism
clean sweep
clean sweep
clear and present danger
clear and present danger
clear-and-present danger
clear-and-present danger
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