Interest Groups
Organized associations that seek to promote common objectives through Gov't action WITHOUT seeking election
What are Interest Groups?
The act of protesting, largely led by civil rights and identity politics Interest Groups
What is Direct Action?
A common set of values related to Gov't/Politics that most Americans agree upon; provides a foundation for our political system
What is Political Culture?
The range of activities people can engage in to influence the political process
What is Political Participation?
An organized effort by a candidate and staff to win an election
What is a Campaign?
The largest and most influential type of Interest Group
Economic / Business Interest Groups
The act of making your claim directly towards public officials, mainly towards members of congress and legislators in the process of writing legislature, with the goal to influence public policy
What is Lobbying?
Groups, Immigration, Diversity, and Internal Migration are all __
What are factors that contribute to our Political Culture?
Voting, Lobbying, Litigation, and Protest
The electoral, financial, and promotional benefits a current officeholder (incumbent) holds over challengers
What is Incumbent Advantage?
When working as interest group, the determining factor in success is an interest group's superiority in size and capital
What is Pluralism
Direct financial support towards people in Gov't; limited support is able to be given
What are PACS?
True or False:
Political Culture is informed by Political Socialization
True
The system of indirect democracy used to elect a president; composed of state representatives which citizens vote for
What is the Electoral College?
Leadership, Organization, Finances, and Membership
What are Components of an Interest Group
What are Super PACS?
What are common values among Americans?
The amount of Americans that end up participating in voting
What is Voter Turnout?
Primary
General
Runoff
Referendum
What are types of elections?
Interest Groups employing coercive techniques, morality, and selective benefits for active members towards non-members to incentivize participation
What are solutions to the Free-Rider Problem?
What is Citizen's United V. Federal Election Committee (2010)?
The belief that the Gov't responds to a small, centralized hierarchy of corporate and academic leaders, and people with incredible social power and influence; because of this, political participation is near meaningless
What is Elitism?
True or False:
Things like moving the voting day to a Saturday and increasing the cost of voting increase Voter Turnout
False