Voter Behavior
What is a main complaint about the electoral college?
Less populated states are represented.
This is voter efficacy.
What is the belief that political participation and voting can make a difference citizens with a low level of political efficacy believe their votes have no effect on the outcome of an election?
What agency was created to enforce campaign laws and financial disclosure laws?
Federal Election Commission
True or False: The media is considered a linkage institution
True
Those who enjoy the benefits of collective goods but did not participate in acquiring of providing them
What are free riders?
How did James Madison propose to overcome the problem of factions?
By expanding their participation.
Education influences voting in this way.
Those with more education are more likely to vote, and historically, as voter education increases
What was the ruling of Shaw v. Reno?
Racial gerrymandering is subject to strict scrutiny under the 14th Amendment Equal Protection Clause.
Media’s ability to highlight certain issues and influence public views about which policies are the most important.
Agenda Setting
A strategy by which organized interests seek to influence the passage of legislation by exerting direct pressure on government officials
What is lobbying?
refers to the eligibility or the right to vote
suffrage/franchise
What are voter identification laws?
These are laws requiring citizens to produce a government issued photo ID in order to vote and usually lowers voter turnout.
What was the ruling in Citizens United V FEC
Corporations and Unions are free to spend as much money on elections as long as they do so INDEPENDENTLY of the campaign itself.
Coverage of political campaigns that focuses more on popularity and on factors other than the qualifications and platforms of the candidates.
Horse Race Journalism
Mutually beneficial association of bureaucratic agencies, congressional committees, and interest groups, all working in specific policy areas.
The Iron Triangle
the 15th amendment
1870. extended suffrage to black males. Prohibits suffrage restrictions on race.
This is how age influences voter turnout.
Young voters are far less likely to turnout than are older voters.
What was the ruling of Baker v. Carr?
Redistricting issues can be reviewed by the courts rather than just political questions. Established, "One person, one vote" and helped to determine that unfair representative districts violate the 14th Amendment Equal Protection Clause.
Independent-expenditure committees who can raise unlimited sums from corporations unions and other groups, as well as individuals. They may not coordinate with a campaign. They are also subject to disclosure laws.
These are Super PACs
Who are the most common victims of AI Deepfake media?
Women and Children
What was the voting rights act of 1965 .
This went even further to remove the stumbling blocks that interested with black suffrage, prohibiting any government from voting procedures that denied a person the vote on the basis of color? The legislation abolished the literacy test for anyone who had completed the 6th grade, and it authorized federal registrars to oversee African Americans right to vote in Southern states and counties with histories of discrimination
What is the Party Platform and where is it written?
Written at the national conventions by political parties. It spells out the party's stances on issues like gun control and national security.
Which piece of legislation is said to have been gutted by the most recent Supreme Court decision for Louisana v. Callais?
Voting Rights Act of 1965, specifically section 2 which reads:
SEC. 2. No voting qualification or prerequisite to voting, or standard, practice, or procedure shall be imposed or applied by any State or political subdivision to deny or abridge the right of any citizen of the United States to vote on account of race or color.
This is how interest groups can influence rulings in the courts.
What is amicus curiae brief?
This is an election when new issues emerge and new coalitions replace old ones.
What is a critical election?