Linkage Institutions
Attempts to influence lawmakers
What is lobbying?
An example of an amendment (both the number and what it did) that expanded voting rights
What is ....
15, 17, 19, 24, 26
What is a party platform?
a formal set of principal goals which are supported by a political party or individual candidate, in order to appeal to the general public, for the ultimate purpose of garnering the general public's support and votes about complicated topics or issues.
a formal set of principal goals which are supported by a political party or individual candidate, in order to appeal to the general public, for the ultimate purpose of garnering the general public's support and votes about complicated topics or issues.
Which type of funding is NOT tied to a specific candidate but can be used for attack or issue ads?
What is Soft Money?
a landmark decision of the SCOTUS on the First Amendment right of Freedom of the Speech. Money=Speech so you can spend your OWN money on your own campaign
What is Buckley v Valeo (1976)?
3 examples of types of linkage institutions
What are political parties, elections, media, interest groups, activist groups?
What is the voting rights act of 1965?
a landmark piece of federal legislation in the United States that prohibits racial discrimination in voting.
Which demographic group has voted most consistently for the democratic party in national elections over the last three decades?
African Americans
What is hard money?
Campaign contributions regulated and limited by the federal government that are given directly to a candidate
a landmark decision of the Supreme Court of the United States regarding campaign finance laws and free speech under the First Amendment to the U.S. Constitution. Removed limits on campaign finance spending.
What is Citizens United v. FEC (2010)
What is an Iron Triangle?
A longstanding, mutually-beneficial relationship between an interest group, congressional committee, and bureaucratic agency, devoted to similar issues;
What is a closed primary?
A primary election in which voters are required to identify a party preference before the election and are not allowed to split their ticket is called
A voting strategy where voters select only candidates from the party they most align with
What is party line voting?
What is the political group that can accept unlimited amounts of money and spend unlimited amounts of money?
What is a Super PAC?
This law that closed the loopholes of soft money was declared unconstitutional by Citizens United v FEC.
What is Bipartisan Campaign Reform Act?
An example of an interest group
what is___
List an example of incumbency advantage?
Incumbents receive more campaign contributions than do challengers.
Incumbents are able to provide important services for individual voters.
A reason that parties may wish to gather data about voters
What is ___:
-to organize outreach
-advertising
-canvassing
-volunteering
an organization that pools campaign contributions from members and donates those funds to campaigns for or against candidates, ballot initiatives, or legislation.
What is a PAC (political action committee)
One example of a left-leaning media outlet, and one example of a right-leaning media outlet
What is ___
An example of a barrier to voting
what is:
-voter id laws
-long poll lines
-etc
What are some barriers to third party success
Winner take all system, and the two party system
The agenda-setting function of the media refers to the power to
decide which issues are important enough to bring to public attention