Campaigning
Name 3 ways a campaign advertises and convinces voters
- Social media, rallies, support of issues
Name a difference between congressional and presidential elections
Presidential: every 4 years, more expensive, higher voter turnout, electoral votes determines winner, swing states.
Congressional: senators 6 years, house reps 2 years, incumbency advantage, less voter turnout, winner take all
Name one way parties appeal to different demographic coalitions.
- Modifying Policies
- Messaging
Name anything that can affect voter turnout
Either one of these
Can be national or state elections
State voting laws
Voting incentives penalties or fines
Election Type whether it be the mid-term or presidential
Name four characteristics that may affect someone’s political socialization.
-Geography
-Gender
-Race/ethnicity
-age
-social/economic factors
-religion
(only need four)
What are 3 key elements in a successful campaign?
Objectives,persona, sponsors
Name two benefits of incumbency
Name recognition, “war chests”, constituents services, political experience
This is what parties use to inform the public about what political candidates stand for and to convince people to support their approach.
Political Messaging
What did the 17th amendment do to allow for the expansion of opportunities for political participation
17th amendment states that senators should be elected by the people every 6 years
What are some barriers to minor party success?
If a minor party issue becomes very popular, major parties will adopt it.
The United States uses a 'winner takes all' voting system, rather than proportional representation, which would allow representatives with a large proportion of votes, even without being the majority, to still hold seats in office.
Difference between political branding and political marketing
The brand represents the overall person of the image of the said campaign. Marketing is spreading the established brand around along w products merchandise or whatever else gets your campaign across
Representatives of each state who cast the final ballots that elect the president.
What is the Electoral College
A dramatic shift in partisan preferences that alter political landscape.
Party realignment
What factors can influence a voter’s choice?
Any of these
Party ideology
Candidate characteristics
Political issues
Religious beliefs, gender, race, ethnicity,demographics, and other characteristics
What is a National Convention and roughly how are they organized?
A national convention is held every four years and is where each major party chooses their presidential and VP candidates.
At the convention, there are delegates, who vote in favor of their constituents, and superdelegates, which are positions reserved for party officials, whose vote is unpledged to constituents
What have we seen to be the biggest influence on the image of campaigns and specific candidates
Social media.
This is a primary election in which voters must first declare which party they belong to.
What is Closed Primary
The name of the election that signals a party realignment through voter polarization around issues.
A critical election
What are the amendments that allowed for the expansion of political participation
15th, 17th, 19th, 24th, 26th
How do political parties further linkage and accountability?
Party affiliation helps link government personnel and ideas horizontally, connecting all the branches of government, and vertically, connecting small precincts all the way up to the presidency. Party affiliation also helps hold representatives accountable to their voters.
Define the two party system and discuss whether you think it should cause division and violence in america.
The two party system is a system in which two parties dominate politics. We’ve seen the republican and democratic parties completely overtake America. And there hasn’t been a non republican or democratic president since the 13th president of the united states. We’ve seen heavy violence and instigating from both sides, leading to things such as the capitol attack by Trump supporters.
This is a closed meeting of party activists who select the party’s choice for a presidential candidate.
What is Caucus?
What parties use to formulate, convey, or promote public policy.
The National Party Platform
Name and define the four examples of political models explaining voting behavior
Rational - Voting based on the citizen’s individual interest
Retrospective - voting to decide whether the party/candidate in power should be re-elected based on the past
Prospective - voting based on predictions on how the candidate will perform in the future
Party line - supporting a party by voting for candidates from one political party across the ballot
Define, and discuss the differences between party realignment and secular realignment
Party realignment - a dramatic shift in partisan preference that dramatically alters the political landscape.
Secular realignment - gradual rearrangement of party coalitions based more on demographic shifts than shocks to the political system.
Differences - Party realignments happen quickly