Elections
A candidate must earn 270 electoral votes
What is the number of electoral college votes a president must have to win?
Whatever the media chooses to talk about is the information that people receive.
What is agenda setting?
Oversees and enforces campaign finance regulations
What is the Federal Election Commission (FEC)?
Created the presidential succession list of: VP, Speaker of the house, Pro Tempore of the Senate, Sec of State and Sec of Treasury
What is the 25th amendment?
Create the legislative, executive, and judicial branches.
What do the first 3 articles of the constitution do?
The winner of the popular vote isn’t guaranteed to win the election, the constitution doesn’t force electors to vote the way of the popular vote, if no candidate receives 270, then the House of Representatives makes the decision.
What are the electoral college's flaws?
Watches the government and makes sure that the government is serving the public’s interest and conveys their findings back to the people.
What is the Watchdog function of political parties?
They bring lawsuits against the government, make donations to candidates, influence lawmakers, advertise issues on media/social media, contribute to campaign ads
What are the purposes of Interest Groups?
The first 10 amendments to the constitution.
What is the Bill of Rights?
Limited Government, Popular Sovereignty, Separation of Powers, Checks and Balances, Judicial Review, Federalism.
What are the 6 principles of the Constitution?
States would have 2 electors to represent the state, each district in the state would also have an elector to represent them, this plan is used in Maine and Nebraska.
What is the District Plan?
Sometimes referred to as the 4th branch of the government.
What is Media?
One works to get candidates elected while the other works to get laws passed.
What are the differences between Political Parties and Interest Groups?
Abolished Slavery
What is the 13th amendment?
The federal government and the individual state governments share powers.
What is Federalism?
Each candidate gets the same percentage of electoral votes as popular votes.
What is the Proportional Plan?
Focus on polling data and public perception rather than candidate policies.
What is Horse Race Coverage?
They are formed by businesses and corporations or labor unions to make donations, limit a $5,000 donation per candidate, and are often funded and created by the candidate they support.
What is a PAC
Focus on the rights of criminals and the accused
What are the 5th-8th amendments?
Establishes the laws and treaties of the U.S.
What does the 6th article of the Constitution do?
Do away with the electoral college altogether and make it so that the winner of the citizens popular vote is the president.
What is a Direct Popular Election?
Media is a _________________ between the people and policymakers. It also brings political information to the public on a daily basis
What is a Key linkage Institution?
Independent Expenditure Groups that do not give directly to a candidate, and therefore, do not have any limits on spending. They may spend money on issues/advertising but not in connection with the campaign
What is s Super PAC?
Proposed either by the Congress with a two-thirds majority vote in both the House of Representatives and the Senate or by a constitutional convention called for by two-thirds of the State legislatures.
How do you amend the Constitution?
A 3/4ths majority.
What kind of vote is needed to amend the Constitution?