Term List

sacred cow

safe seat

SAFE SEAT

salami tactics

samizdat

samizdate

sample

sampling error

sandbagging

Saturday Night Massacre

Saturday Night Massacre

Saul Alinsky

scalawag

school vouchers

school vouchers

scrutiny

Second Continental Congress

Second Continental Congress

select / standing committee

select / standing committee

selective incentives

selective incentives

selective incorporation

selective incorporation

self-selected candidate

self-selected candidate

semantic infiltration

semantic infiltration

Senate hold

senatorial courtesy

senatorial courtesy

send them a message

send them a message

separate but equal

separate but equal

separation of powers

separation of powers

SEPARATION OF POWERS

SEPARATION OF POWERS

separation of powers

separation of powers

sergeant-at-arms

sergeant-at-arms

Serial Set

sexual harassment

sexual harassment

shadow cabinet

sharp-elbowed

Shays’ Rebellion

Shays’ Rebellion

Shermanesque statement

Shermanesque statement

Shivercrats

short title

shy voter

signing message

signing message

Silent Majority

Silent Majority

silent majority

silent majority

simple resolution

simple resolution

Simple Resolutions

Simple Resolutions

sine die

single member voting (SMV)

single member voting (SMV)

single member voting (SMV)

single member voting (SMV)

single transferable vote (STV)

single transferable vote (STV)

single-member district

single-member district

Sister Souljah moment

Sister Souljah moment

Sister Souljah moment

Sister Souljah moment

Sister Souljah moment

Sister Souljah moment

sit-in

six-year itch

SJW

skewed sample

slander

Slate

sleeper

slip law

slogan

slow-walk

slush fund

smear

smell of jet fuel

smell of jet fuel

Smoke-Filled Room

Smoke-Filled Room

smoke-filled room

smoke-filled room

smoking gun

snollygoster

snowflake

social justice

socialism

socialism

SOCIALISM

sociological representation

sociological representation

soft money

soft power

solicitor general

solicitor general

solidarity incentive

solidarity incentive

sortition

sound bite

sovereign risk

sovereignty

speaker

Speaker of the House

Speaker of the House

speaking truth to power

speaking truth to power

special district

special district

special election

special election

special rule

specialization

spill

Spin

spin

Spin Alley

splinter party

split ticket

split-ticket voting

split-ticket voting

spoiler

spoils system

sponsor

staffer

stalking horse

standard operating procedure

standard operating procedure

star print

stare decisis

state

state of nature

state of nature

state of nature

state of nature

State of the Union address

State of the Union address

statecraft

statute

Statutes At Large

Statutes At Large

stemwinder

stewardship theory

stewardship theory

straight ticket

straight ticket

straight-ticket voting

straight-ticket voting

strange bedfellows

strange bedfellows

strategery

straw man argument

straw man argument

strict constructionism

strict constructionism

Stump

stump speech

stump speech

subject

submitted Senate amendment

submitted Senate amendment

subnationalism

subsidiarity

Substitute Amendment

Substitute Amendment

suffrage

suffrage / franchise

suffrage / franchise

suffragette

suffragist

sumptuary laws

sunset clause

sunset provisions

sunset provisions

sunshine laws

Super Tuesday

superdelegate

supermajority

Supplemental Security Income

Supplemental Security Income

supply side economics

supply side economics

supply-side economics

supply-side economics

supremacy clause

supremacy clause

supremacy doctrine

supremacy doctrine

surgery

surplus

suspended campaign

suspended campaign

Suspension of the Rules

Suspension of the Rules

suspension of the rules

suspension of the rules

Swiftboating

swing

swing state

Swing Vote

SWING VOTERS

swinging voter

symbolic speech

symbolic speech

syndicalism

system of government

system of government

tactical voting

tactical voting

talk radio

talking points

talking points

tax credit

Ta′mmany Hall

Ta′mmany Hall

Tea Party

teabaggers

Teflon president

Teflon president

Temporary Assistance to Need Families

Temporary Assistance to Need Families

term limits

term limits

terrorism

text similarities

text similarities

the Beltway

the chattering classes

the chattering classes

The Corrections Calendar

The Corrections Calendar

The desk

the Enlightenment

the Enlightenment

the Executive

the Executive

the fog of war

The Great Mentioner

The Great Mentioner

the Honourable

The House Calendar

The House Calendar

the hustings

the Overton window

the Overton window

The Private Calendar

The Private Calendar

the red pill

The Social Contract

The Social Contract

The Union Calendar

The Union Calendar

theocracy

THEOCRACY

think tank

third party

Thomas Malthus

Three-Fifths Compromise

Three-Fifths Compromise

thrown under the bus

thrown under the bus

Tolpuddle Martyrs

Tolpuddle Martyrs

total war

TOTALITARIAN

totalitarian

totalitarian government

totalitarian government

tragedy of the commons

tragedy of the commons

tragedy of the commons

tragedy of the commons

transfer value

transgender / cisgender

transgender / cisgender

transnational

treaty

treaty document

treaty document

tree hugger

Trial Balloon

trial balloon

trial balloon

Trial Balloon:

triangulation

trickle-down economics

trickle-down economics

trickle-down economics

trickle-down economics

trojan horse

trustee representation

trustee representation

turkey farm

turkey farm

TURNOUT

turnout

two-party-preferred

two-party-preferred

tyranny of the majority

tyranny of the majority

tyranny of the majority

tyranny of the majority