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the people of a community (town, state, country, world) as a whole
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the ideas and attitudes that people hold about an issue or a person
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the parts of the media that engage in reporting current events, news, politics, and other stories of public interest
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groups of people who share a point of view about an issue and try to influence public opinion
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ties to a political party
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not having ties to a political party
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the range of political views
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a representative of an interest group who contacts lawmakers or other officials directly to influence their work in the government
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to anonymously release secret government information to the media
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a law (or laws) that control the way that a business can operate or people can behave
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pre-determined feelings in favor of (or against) one thing, person, or group compared with another, usually in a way considered to be unfair
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media that uses carefully-crafted messages to manipulate people's actions and beliefs
