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The information in the 'What is politics' section is about politics.

We have made this information easy, using easy words and pictures.

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Hear the words

You can hear the information on these pages.

If you click on the 'listen' button, you will hear the information on the page.

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If you click on the 'listen' button again, it will turn the sound off.

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If you cannot hear anything when you click on the 'listen' button, you need a program called Flash on your computer. Go to http://get.adobe.com/shockwave/ to download Flash. (The website will open in a new window.)

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What words mean

We have explained some of the words we use in the 'What is politics?' information. These words are in blue.

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If you click on a word in blue, the meaning of the word appears underneath it. If you click on the green arrow or the words 'Go back up to word', the meaning goes away.

The word list

You can see a list of all the words we have used on the word list page. Go to the wordlist page

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Go back a page

We have put a back button on the pages of the 'What is politics?' information, to help you use it.

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Different sections

The information is split into three sections. Each section has a different colour. One is yellow, one is green and one is blue.

You can go to the home page of the section you are in by clicking on the coloured the link at the top of the page.

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You can also go to the homepage of the information 'What is politics?' by using the link called 'What is politics homepage' at the top of the page. This is red.

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Finding things

If you click on the link 'Sitemap' at the bottom of each page you can see all the pages on this website. You can go to the page you chose by clicking on the link.

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Website homepage

If you want to go to the website homepage, just click on the Every Vote Counts! logo at the top of each page.

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