Interest Groups
Public Opinion
Campaigns, Elections, Voting
Media in Politics
The Presidency
100
A large body of people interested in a common issue or idea
What is a movement
100
How we develop our political attitudes
What is political socialization?
100
A member of this body casts his ballot for the candidate who received a plurality in his state
What is the electoral college?
100
When the media follows a campaign like a sport.
What is a horse race?
100
House decides; Senate tries.
What is impeachment?
200
A company that requires union membership of its employees
What is a closed shop
200
Every individual has a known and equal chance of getting selected
What is a random sample?
200
When an electoral system gives a party seats in a legislative based on their percentage of the vote
What is proportional representation?
200
The president who had “fireside chats.”
Who is FDR
200
Yes, I’m the President, but I don’t have to tell you everything
What is executive privilege
300
A person who benefits from an interest group yet doesn’t join
What is a free rider
300
The range in which a sample accurate reflects the population
What is margin or error?
300
What candidates pledge to support at the party convention.
What is the party platform?
300
When the media uses it power to call attention to certain issues.
What is agenda setting?
300
Like a treaty, but only needs majority approval in both houses
What is an executive agreement
400
PIRG
What is a public interest research group
400
When individual choose to read a newspaper who editorials agree with their own point of view
What is selective exposure?
400
270
What is the number of votes does it take in the Electoral College to elect a president
400
The school of journalism that promotes providing the public with information that will help strengthen our democracy.
What is civic journalism?
400
If the president needs to negate a bill, he can always find the means in his pants.
What is a pocket veto?
500
A government document that publishes regulations
What is the Federal Register
500
The group of people that are measured in a sample
What is a universe?
500
When an office holder does not have to fight to retain his place he is said to have this
What is a safe seat?
500
The investigative journalist’s mascot
What is a watchdog?
500
The presidential agency that helps to make the budget of the US
What is the Office of Management and Budget?
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