Voter Registration, Ballots, and ID Laws
This ballot type is for absentee or mail-in voting, or occasionally in-person early voting on designated dates.
What are Early Voting Ballots?
This is a demographic that votes as a "bloc", which parties tend to try to appeal towards.
What is a Coalition?
These people benefit from interest groups, applying direct pressure to government officials and agencies.
What are Lobbyists?
NAACP (National Association for the Advancement of Colored People) and ACLU (American Civil Liberties Union) are both this type of movement.
What are Civil Rights Social Movements?
This type of press contains some of the oldest and most credible sources, usually utilizing the form of newspapers to spread news.
What is Traditional Press?
These groups oversee election procedures and guidelines.
What are States and Local Governments?
Less party-lined voting and the influence of a candidate's personality guiding the direction of the party are results of this type of campaign.
What are Candidate-Centered Campaigns?
These are group members who don't contribute to the efforts of lobbyists, which can weaken the SIG.
What are Free-Riders?
The Sierra Club, the Wilderness Society, and the Audubon Society are all this type of movement.
What are Environmental Social Movements?
This is defined as setting a news agenda based upon what issues people see as important.
What is Gatekeeping?
This effect affects voter turn-out because some people aren't concerned about politics or feel that their vote is ineffective.
What is Voter Apathy & Efficacy?
This President's election caused the 2nd Party Realignment to happen, where the Whig Party was created and Democratic Republicans became Democrats.
Who is Andrew Jackson?
Interest Groups encourage this, which is a multitude of views that influence our democracy.
What is Pluralism?
The Consumers Union and the Consumer Federation of America are both this type of movement.
What are Consumers Social Movements?
This type of press includes "Born on the Web" news sites like Politico, and caused newspapers to go digital.
What is Internet?
These groups tend to have larger numbers of voters without proper IDs, leading to voter suppression.
What are Minorities?
These people are high-ranking delegates who cast a vote outside of the primaries for a candidate.
Who are Super Delegates?
These are beneficial to the government, a reason being that they can help government make policy that adapts to changing times and meets the needs of people.
What are Interest Groups
The National Rifle Association (NRA), who's narrow focus is on Pro-Gun Legislation, and the American Association for Retired Persons (AARP), who's narrow interest is Health, Financial Stability, and Social Security.
What are Single-Issue Groups?
This type of journalism involves journalists who overly use early data to project election results, also known as "Scorekeeping".
What is Horse-Race Journalism?
This act increased the locations where citizens can register to vote, like at the DMV.
What is the National Voter Registration Act (1993)?
Due to a 1968 Autopsy Report, this broadened the influence of non-elites at future conventions.
What is the McGovern-Fraser Commission?
This is a bond between a Congressional Committee, Agency (Bureaucracy), and an Interest Group, where all three entities benefit.
What is an Iron Triangle?
This act banned the giving of gifts to Congress from lobbyists, who must report expense details from bundling.
What is the Honest Leadership and Open Government Act (2007)?
This type of press began during the Progressive Era with Muckrakers, and it exposes corruption, abuse of power, and social ills.
What is Investigative Reporting?