Voting
Legal protections found in these five constitutional amendments support access to voting.
What are the 15th, 17th, 19th, 24th, and 26th Amendments?
The Green and Libertarian Parties are examples of this.
What is a third party?
These occur in years that are divisible by four.
What is a presidential election year?
Canvassing and phone banking are essential strategies for these.
What are modern campaigns?
This model of voting behavior is based on the citizen's individual interest.
What is rational choice voting?
A shift to this style of campaigns highlighted the charisma of a nominee vs. the strength of a party platform.
What are candidate-centered campaigns?
These occur in odd-numbered years.
What is a local election year?
The length of this cycle can have a positive or negative effect on the result of a campaign.
What is an election cycle?
This type of voting behavior is based on whether a voter believes a candidate did well in the past.
What is retrospective voting?
Political parties modify their policies and messaging to appeal to different these groups
What are various demographic coalitions or groups?
The amount of electoral votes needed to win an absolute majority in the Electoral College and win the Presidency of the United States?
What is 270?
This 2010 Supreme Court case continues to shape campaign finance laws.
What is Citizens United v. FEC?
If a citizen possesses this belief they are more likely to vote in elections.
What is political efficacy?
Political parties use this information to shape campaigns and to enhance voter outreach.
What is voter data?
In a given election, incumbents from this Congressional chamber are more likely to be re-elected.
What is the House of Representatives?
According to a 1976 Supreme Court case, financial donations are equivalent to political speech.
What is Buckley v. Valeo?
What is ticket splitting?
Political parties serve this role regarding fundraising and media strategy in elections.
What is campaign management?
Formal agreement between U.S. Presidents and the leaders of other nations that doesn't require Senate approval.
What is executive agreements?
Money raised in unlimited amounts by political parties for party-building purposes - now illegal.
What is soft money?