Electoral College
Minor parties separate from the main two (democrat and republican)
What are third parties?
News sources focus on the polls rather than the candidate policies
What is horse-race journalism?
An organization or union can donate a limited amount of money to a direct candidate
What is a PAC?
organization of people who have policy goals and try to influence policymakers to accomplish these goals
What is an interest group?
all party members vote for a candidate to run in the general election
What is a direct primary?
The actual decision-makers of the presidential election
What is the electoral college?
meaning they control what info the public receives
What is agenda setting
An organization or labor union can donate an unlimited amount of money to the party of their choice.
What is a super PAC?
This organization has successfully lobbied against stricter gun control measures
What is the NRA?
Candidates selected by those already in Washington D.C; elite elects elite
What is a caucus?
This month is when the senate opens the electoral college's mail-in ballots
What is January?
They address and bring awareness to certain issues
What are issue advocacy ads?
This type money is used by Super PACS
What is soft money?
This organization worked to end racial lynching and segregation, founded in 1909.
What is the NAACP?
The voter selects a candidate whose party they might not be affiliated to
What is crossover voting?
If a new candidate isn't elected by January 20th, what member is the new president?
An FCC requirement that broadcasters who air programs on controversial issues provide time for opposing views
What is the fairness doctrine?
An attempt to influence political officials
What is lobbying?
The receiver of an interest group's money
What is a candidate?
This term is coined for the idea to let things run its course and without government help
What is Laissaz-faire
This plan says that the State would have 2 electors to represent the state as a whole
What is the District Plan?
Another name given to mass media
What is the fourth branch of the government?
A tactic in which PACs collect contributions from like-minded individuals and present them to a candidate or political party as a bundle.
What is bundling?
Bring lawsuits against the Government
What is an interest group's strategy?
The candidate needs the Same number of signatures as 10% of the last voter turnout
What is the 10% rule?