against higher tire tariffs. In the end, lawmakers tend to listen to those who lobby them, even though the results

make for bad economic policy.
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Key Terms

logrolling the situation in which groups of legislators all agree to vote for a package of otherwise unrelated

laws that they individually favor

median voter theory theory that politicians will try to match policies to what pleases the median voter

preferences

pork-barrel spending spending that benefits mainly a single political district

rational ignorance the theory that rational people will not vote if the costs of becoming informed and voting

are too high or because they know their vote will not be decisive in the election

special interest groups groups that are small in number relative to the nation, but well organized and thus

exert a disproportionate effect on political outcomes

voting cycle the situation in which a majority prefers A over B, B over C, and C over A

Key Concepts and Summary
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