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An interest group that seeks to protect Second Amendment rights by lobbying Congress to oppose federal action related to regulating guns or investigating gun-related violence, closely associated with the Republicans, endorsing Trump in 2016
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National Rifle Association
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Those two regions which are more inclined to support the Democratic Party (Blue States), alphabetically
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Northeast, West Coast
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The twelve states which do not nearly always vote for the same party and in which candidates spend most campaigning time and money, such as Florida, Pennsylvania, Ohio, and North Carolina
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Battleground States
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A 2012 even which caused much negative publicity for the NRA
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Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting
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That President who defied many rules of thumb in the televised presidential debates such as style over substance, and costly verbal gaffes, to little consequences
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Donald Trump
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Those parties whose electoral success is harmed by first past the post, the high number of signatures needed to run under some states' ballot access laws, a lack of resources and media exposure (usually being excluded from the televised debates), and co-optation of popular policies by the major parties
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Third Parties
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That office the candidate for which has been announced since 1984 by Democrats and 1996 by Republicans by the presidential candidate announcing their choice a few days or weeks ahead of the national party convention as opposed to during it, serving as the third stage of the presidential election
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Vice President
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The first stage of the presidential election comprising the period between presidential candidates declaring an intention to run for the presidency and the first primaries and caucuses, in which candidates seek crucial money, public support, and good media coverage
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Invisible Primary
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Those states in which winning the caucuses and primaries holds the benefit of increased confidence, leading to media coverage, greater financial backing, and a boost in the opinion polls as happened with Obama over Clinton in 2008 after winning the former, alphabetically
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Iowa and New Hampshire
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A dominant Republican faction much rooted in the Christian Right, opposed to abortion and same-sex marriage, supporting tighter immigration controls, and a significant minority of which deny anthropogenic climate change, with members such as former Senator and presidential candidate Rick Santorum
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Social Conservatives
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That body which is especially conducive to pressure group activity as committees are autonomous, party discipline is weak, and power is decentralised providing many access point
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Congress
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The individual whose core support base consisted of white males without a college education
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Donald Trump
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That which affected the 2016 election in that Protestants and non-Hispanic Catholics favoured Trump (56% and 50%) while Jews, those of other religions, and those with no religion supported Clinton (71%, 62%, and 67%) as did Hispanic Catholics, a Republican improvement on 2012
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Religion
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That body with 538 electors due to being equal to representation in Congress (435 representatives + 100 Senators + 3 for the District of Columbia), 270 being needed for an absolute majority
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Electoral College
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Causal pressure groups that are concerned with a specific limited issue such as the NRA or American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU)
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Single-Issue Groups
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That religious group which is more inclined to support the Republican Party over the Democratic Party, being around 25% of the population
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Evangelical Christians
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Pressure groups that campaign for a particular cause or issue, such as single-issue/interest groups, ideological groups, policy groups, and think tanks
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Causal Groups
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That at general elections the trend in which had been downward from 1960 to 1996 after which it increased from 51.4% to 62.3% in 2008, dropping again to 54% in 2016
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Turnout
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They which use methods such as electioneering (founding PACs or Super PACs), endorsing candidates, lobbying and informing politicians, providing voting cues to politicians, drawing up scorecards depending on how politicians voted, and organising grassroots activities
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Pressure Groups
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That which parties are sometimes said to be in as they no longer select presidential candidates, politicians now communicate with voters via television rather than party rallies, while voters communicate with politicians via opinion polls and political movements such as Occupy and the Tea Party, Trump and Sanders both describing their campaigns as movements largely ouside a party
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Decline
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