Politics is the process and method of gaining or maintaining support for public or common action: the conduct of decision-making for groups. This notion predates human society. Although it is usually applied to governments, political behavior is also observed in corporate, academic, religious, and other institutions. Political science is the field devoted to studying political behavior and examining the acquisition and application of power, or the ability to impose one's will on another. Its practitioners are known as political scientists. Political scientists look at elections, public opinion, institutional activities (how legislatures act, the relative importance of various sources of political power), the ideologies behind various politicians and interest groups, how politicians achieve and wield their influence, and so on. A lot of articles in Wikipedia are related to politics, especially to political science, democracy and the various aspects of a democratic system, most notably elections. In general, all the following articles have at least some connection with politics or the democratic decision-making process.
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Politics (general)
General
Political systems/forms of government
Political theories and ideologies
Political theorists
Classical political theorists
Modern political theorists
Contemporary political theorists
State and government
General
Political components
Democracy
Direct democracy
Indirect democracy
Presidential system
Parliamentary system
Alternative forms of democracy
Election
Election and Electoral systems
Election results
Voting and counting systems
Miscellaneous on elections
Campaigning
Political parties
Politicians
Politics by country
E-democracy
