The is how the number of electors each state receives in the Electoral College is determined
Members in the House + Members in the Senate
100
Of the following, this group would be least likely to vote: college graduates, young people, women, men
Young people
100
This is the type of media from which most Americans access their news
Television/broadcast media
100
This term refers to a piece of information a politician leaks to a reporter to determine public opinion on a particular issue
Trial balloon
100
This amendment lowered the voting age from 21 to 18.
26th Amendment
200
This amendment to the Constitution is relevant if no one receives a majority of votes in the Electoral College.
12th amendment
200
This term refers to voters who tend to base their electoral choices on a candidate's stance on particular issues, such as gun control, health care, and abortion rights
Policy voting
200
This style of journalism is characterized by the sensational reporting of news, violence, corruption, and gossip
Yellow journalism
200
This term refers to short clips of politicians speaking, typically for fewer than 15 seconds
Sound bites
200
In the first televised presidential debate, this presidential candidate was believed to have won the debate by radio listeners, but thought to have lost the debate by television viewers
Richard Nixon
300
This is the name of a petition signed by a certain number of voters that ends up on an election day ballot
Initiative petition
300
This vocabulary term describes voters who vote because they believe it is important to show support for democratic government and the electoral process
Civic-duty voters
300
This was the first president to truly utilize the media in his politics, offering multiple press conferences
Franklin D. Roosevelt
300
This paper, often regarded as the country's "newspaper of record, has as its motto, "All the News that's Fit to Print"
New York Times
300
News reporters are often assigned to these, which are particular areas (like the White House, Capitol Hill, etc.) where news frequently emanates.
Beats
400
A process whereby people may gather signatures to enable the voters to accept or reject measures that the legislature has passed
Legislative referendum
400
This 1993 congressional act requires states to allow eligible voters to register to vote when they obtain or renew their drivers' licenses
Motor Voter Act
400
These two media magnates competed with one another to produce the most sensational headlines to draw in readers at the beginning of the twentieth century. Name one.
Joseph Pulitzer and William Randolph Hearst
400
This wire service provides most of the news for small cities and towns across the country
Associated Press
400
This term refers to the media's role in identifying and exposing corruption where it exists.
Watchdog role
500
If a presidential candidate does not receive a majority of electoral college votes, the president is elected in this way
One vote per state in the House of Representatives
500
This vocabulary term refers to the belief that ordinary people can influence the government
Political efficacy
500
These two events, happening in the 1960s and 1970s, fundamentally changed the dynamics of the relationship between media and politicians. Name one of these events.
Vietnam or Watergate
500
The first televised presidential debate occurred in this year
1960
500
This refers to a person who works either in or out of government to get particular ideas on the government's policy agenda