Elections
More than 50% of the total votes cast.
What is majority?
This is the responsibility of media to make public aware of corruption, unethical actions-- try to keep government honest
What is watchdog?
This act limited individual contributions, limited how much one can spend on own campaign, increased disclosure, and established the federal election commission.
What is FECA 1971?
This amendment gives citizens the freedom of speech, press, religion, assembly, and petition.
She sang "All I Want for Christmas"
Who is Mariah Carey?
An election in which only declared members of a party can vote for the parties nominee.
What is a Closed Primary?
The media's focus on an issue may cause the government to move to deal with the issue because it is on the cover of the newspaper or a lead story on the network news.
What is agenda setting?
This case upheld: individual contribution limits, disclosure and overturned: limits on personal spending for one's campaign, limits on total spending
What is Buckley v. Valeo 1976?
The legal requirement that the state must respect all legal rights that are owed to a person.
He sang this line, "Never gonna give you up, never gonna let you down..."
Who is Rick Astley?
A primary in which members of a party nominate its candidates by direct vote
What is a direct primary?
Ability of the media to put a candidate "up in the race" by covering them favorably.
What is horserace journalism?
This act bans soft money to national political parties, bans issue ads from targeting candidates, raise individual contribution limits from 1k to 2k per election, bans corporations and unions from using treasury funds for electioneering.
What is McCain Feingold 2002?
This amendment grants citizens the freedom from double jeopardy.
What is the 5th Amendment?
This song is a traditional campfire song.
What is Baby Shark?
Each candidate for office is eligible based on her or his own merits rather than as a member of a political party
What is a nonpartisan election?
A particular preference or point of view that is personal, rather than scientific.
What is bias?
Money regulated by the FEC in campaign finance
What is hard money?
What is the 6th Amendment?
This singer had a party in the USA.
Who is Miley Cyrus?
A political realignment in the academic fields of political science and political history, is a set of sharp changes in party ideology, issues, party leaders, regional and demographic bases of power of political parties, and the structure
What is a Realigning Election?
A brief recorded statement.
A contribution to a political party that is not accounted as going to a particular candidate, thus avoiding various legal limitations.
What is soft money?
This amendment gave women rights.
This group made the song Rocketeer.
Who are the Far East Movement?