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What are the benefits and disadvantages of telephone polling?
Pros: Fast, easy to reach diverse groups of people etc. Neg: Normally limited to 15 mins, fewer and older people only reply on landlines, oversampling of younger cell phone users, etc.
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Give two examples in American history where broadcast mass media shaped the political agenda and political setting.
FDR's fireside chats JFK- Nixon Presidential Debates How the TV shaped public perspectives of the Vietnam War
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What are the functions of political parties. (Name 4)
Linkage Institution: the channels through which people’s concerns become political issues on the government’s policy agenda Parties Pick Candidates Parties Run Campaigns Parties Give Cues to Voters Parties Articulate Policies Parties Coordinate Policymaking
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Define Caucus. Which caucus is the first one?
Meeting of state leaders where they select their delegates to the national convention (Iowa 1st)
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What kind of car does Mr. Lung dives?
Scion tC
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What are the negative aspect to political polling.
Critics say polls make politicians think more about following than leading public Polls may distort election process Exit Polls maydiscourage people from voting
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60 percent presidential campaign spending is TV ads. What kind of ads are most common?
2/3 of them are negative attack ads.
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Explain what Rational-choice theory is and how it influence Downs Model.
Rational-choice theory: Assumes that individuals act in their own best interest, weighing the costs and benefits of possible alternatives Voters maximize chances that policies they favor are adopted by government and parties want to win elected office. We have most Americans favoring moderate positions.
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What is the function of the National Party Convention?
Functions to select presidential and vice presidential candidate and write a party platform.
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What brand is Mr. Lung's tablet?
Samsung
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Describe the following demographics and describe their overall status and power in the American Political Discourse African American Latino Americans Asians Native Americans
African Americans face a legacy of racism. Hispanics are the largest minority group faced with the problem of illegal immigration. Simpson-Mazzoli Act: requires employers document citizenship of employee Asian immigration has been driven by a new class of professional workers. Native Americans: indigenous and disadvantaged
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The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) regulates the media in 3 ways. What are they?
Prevent near monopoly control of market Reviews performance of stations Issues fair treatment rules for politicians
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What is Ticket-splitting?
Voting with one party for one office and with another party for other offices Independents are most likely to split tickets. No state or race is completely safe due to split tickets.
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Why is it important to do well with the early caucuses?
To secure momentum and to gain the good media highlights to strengthen the candidates to other states.
300
Mr. Lung's favorite Star Trek movie is...
Star Trek First Contract
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What is the fastest growing age group in America and how does it effect America's budget/social spending, and political leanings?
Age group of 65 and above: Huge drain on our social securities. More active group of voting more towards conservatism
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Independent in what they can report, media are totally dependent on advertising revenues. How is this problematic towards American democracy?
News is run like a business where they are dependent on ratings to generate ad money; thus, they have to offer what the people what they want to here/ consume. Coverage on news item based on what people want at the expense of other news item.
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Describe the party image of both the Democrats and Republicans.
GOP: Strong on crime and foreign policy, etc Dems: Good with environment, minority issues, civil rights and liberties etc
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What is Frontloading and how does it influence the nominating process.
Frontloading is the tendency of states to hold primaries early to capitalize on media attention. Candidates will visit and focused most of their effort on these early states to gain traction and momentum New Hampshire is first.
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Mr. Lung's favorite English Premier League soccer team is... Hint, they are known as the Lilywhites. COYS!!!!!
Tottenham Hotspurs
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What are the 3 Processes of Political Socialization that shape/ form the peoples' political ideologies and world views.
The Family Mass Media Schools
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What is Narrowcasting and give an example.
Media programming on cable TV or Internet that is focused on one topic and aimed at a particular audience, e.g., C-SPAN
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What is the difference between Winner-take-all system and Proportional Representation? Which countries have Winner Takes All and which country uses Proportional Representation System?
Winner-take-all system: legislative seats awarded only to first place finishers- USA Proportional Representation: legislative seats awarded based on votes received by the party - more votes, more seats- Germany and many others
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What are some problems with the Primary and Caucus system. Name 5 examples.
Disproportionate attention to early ones Prominent politicians do not run. Money plays too big a role. Participation in primaries and caucuses is low and unrepresentative; 20 percent vote in primaries. The system gives too much power to the media.
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What is one thing that Mr. Lung dislike about Star Wars?
The concept of the Force making a few characters way too powerful. I am more interested in the star ship, technology, space battles, and space politics.
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