Elections and Campaigns
The right to vote
suffrage
Voting for candidates from different political parties in the same election
Split ticket voting
The movement of individuals between government and lobbying positions
Revolving door
Also known as soft news, this is a type of media that provides a combination of information and entertainment as opposed to investigative journalism
Infotainment
Partisan bias
Voting based on an incumbent past performance
Retrospective voting
A set of positions and policy objectives that members of a political party agree too
Party platform
This theory of government holds that open, multiple, and competing groups can check the asserted power by any one group. Argument in favor of interest group
Pluralism
The medias ability to highlight certain issues and bring them to the attention of the public
Agenda setting
A primary election in which all eligible voters may vote
Open
At it's core, the ruling of Citizens United deals with this particular issue
Free speech, money = speech
An election system for a legislature in which citizens vote for parties, rather than individuals, and parties are represented in the legislature according to the percentage of the votes they receive (more common in Europe)
Proportional Representation System
This problem occurs when people do not join a party but enjoy the benefits of it
Free rider
An approach to news gathering in which reporters dig into stories, often looking for instances of wrongdoing
Investigative journalism
This piece of legislation banned practices designed to keep African Americans from voting, such as literacy test
Voting Rights Act of 1965
Channels that connect individuals with government, including elections, political parties, interest groups, and the media
Linkage institutions
On which which congressional candidates/races do PACS spend the most money?
Incumbents
Legal argument written by an interest group who is not a party in the case with the purpose of voicing their opinion on the matter
Amicus brief
Concentration of ownership in various news media companies
Media consolidation
This group regulates interstate and international communications through cable, radio, television, satellite, and wire
Federal Communications Commission (FCC)
A person's belief that he or she can make effective political change
Political efficacy
A decision by a state to push its primary or caucus to a date as early in the election season as possible to gain more influence in the presidential nomination process.
Frontloading
The iron triangle is a relationship between which three groups?
Congressional committees, Federal agency (bureaucracy), interest groups
Which role/angle does the media play MOST OFTEN during elections?
Horse race
This is the primary expenditure of most campaigns
Television ads