Campaign Finance
Elections
Voting
Mass Media
Misc.
100
Limited donations to a candidate
Hard Money
100
elections in which voters determine party nominees
Primary Elections
100
allowed easier registration and increased voter participation greatly (register with driver's license application)
Motor Voter
100
when people refuse to watch things that don't conform to their beliefs
Selective exposure
100
Contributions made for party building purposes
Soft Money
200
Promoting a position or issue paid by ineterest groups or individuals but not candidates
What is issue advocacy
200
interest groups that can advertise for or against the candidate
527 Organizations
200
America's most typical political activity.
Voting
200
Allowed papers to become independent of financial parties
What is penny press
200
elected office is particularly won by one party
safe seat
300
Advertises for or against candidates, includes non-profit groups whose purpose is not political
What is section 527 organizations
300
when states move primaries up so votes dont have limited choices of voters.
Front Loading
300
when voters vote for electors pledged to cast their ballots for a particular party’s candidate
Electoral College
300
intending to influence public opinion with otherwise secret information and serve as a further check on government
leaking
300
inclination to focus on national issues rather than to focus on local issues
National Tide
400
Allows for anyone to give money and for unlimited amounts to go to candidates
What is 501(c)(4)'s
400
a close contest where the focus is on who is winning and not on the issues being discussed
Horse Race
400
voting based on what a candidate pledges to do in the future about an issue if elected.
Prospective issue voting
400
promoting positions on issues by interest groups through ads, often for or against a candidate
Issue Advocacy
400
national meeting of delegates who assemble once every four years to nominate candidates an ratify party platform
National Party Convention
500
Who balances the advantage of wealthy candidates by raising financial limits
BCRA
500
meeting of local party members to choose candidates for public office and decide the platform
Caucus
500
Provided federal funds to modernize voting procedures
What is the help America vote act (hava)
500
Determines what media outlets are viewed by voters
What is political socialization
500
holding incumbents responsible for their records on issues such as the economy or foreign policy
Retrospective issue voting
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