Voter behavior
What type of election years have the highest voter turnout?
Presidential Election Years.
What is public opinion?
How people think or feel about particular things
When is Election Day?
Nov. 3
Tillman Act (1907)
Prohibits corporations and national banks from contributing to federal campaigns.
What is a political party
A group with similar beliefs about gov.
Why do some nonvoters deliberately choose to not vote?
They think that their votes will not have an effect on government.
What are pollsters?
People who try to measure public opinion through polls
President or Members of Congress?
Political parties select their nominee for the national election in primaries and caucuses.
President
Hatch Act amendment (1940)
Prohibits individuals and businesses working for the government from contributing to federal campaigns.
Goals of political parties
The primary goal of political parties is to secure
political power. Thereby, they can implement their proposed policies and
programs.
What is the reason that most nonvoters do not vote?
Lack of interest
Registered voter
A person who is legally qualified to vote
Officially selected trough the Electoral College.
The president is elected
Federal Election Campaign Act - FECA (1941)
Bans direct contributions by corporations or unions, but allows them to use their funds to create PACs.
Party in the government
Constitutes the organized partisans who serve in
office, such as members of the Democratic and Republican parties in
Congress.
How does the level of income affect the likelihood of whether people do or do not vote?
People with higher incomes are more likely to vote than people with lower incomes.
How does the media influence public opinion?
The media shapes public opinion by influencing it through the advertising medium. The act of writing to advertise a product or service is referred to as advertising. They can be classified depending on the type of advertisement, the target audience, the message, and the media used.
Party meetings where candidates are selected, and the platform is created.
Conventions
PACS
Limited hard money contributions (direct) to political parties and candidates ($5000 per election per campaign) and must disclose their contributions and spending.
Federalists
Federalists believed in a centralized national government with strong
fiscal roots. In addition, the Federalists felt that the Constitution was open for
interpretation.
How does occupation affect the likelihood of whether people do or do not vote?
People with higher status occupations are more likely to vote.
Who did pollsters predict would win the 2016 election?
Hillary Clinton
A collection of all the efforts a candidate makes to win an election.
Campaign
Amendments to FECA (1974)
Limits PAC contributions to $5000 per candidate and spending of $1000 on behalf of a candidate. No longer limits on media advertising.
Anti-Federalist
The Anti-Federalists generally preferred a government as formed in 1781 by the Articles of Confederation, which had granted the predominance of
power to the state governments.