The Green Party is also known as this in our 2-party system.
What is a third party?
100
a massive pep rally put on by a political party
What is a convention?
100
You can donate $3 on your tax return to this fund but if a candidate takes this money, they're restricted by how much they can fundraise.
What is the Presidential Election Campaign Fund?
100
The Daisy ad is an example of this type of political ad.
What is a negative ad?
100
C-SPAN acts as this by keeping tabs on the government.
What is a watchdog?
200
this political party is often called the right
What is the Republican Party (or GOP)
200
a town hall meeting where members of a party decide who their candidate will be
What is caucus?
200
This group monitors a candidate's spending.
What is the Federal Election Commission?
200
The NAACP is an example of this type of interest group.
What is equality and justice?
200
The methods, such as the TV or Internet used to communicate news, entertainment or other messages.
What is medium?
300
a single issue as part of a platform
What is a plank
300
This type of primary requires you to be a member of a party in order to vote.
What is a closed primary?
300
This type of committee has less regulations when it comes to raising funds.
What is a Super PAC?
300
This is done when seeking to influence politicians or public officials on an issue.
What is lobbying?
300
the media’s role in deciding which stories/issues are important enough to receive attention (and which aren’t!)
What is gatekeeper?
400
a series of statements a party makes expressing their principles, beliefs and positions on election issues.
What is a platform?
400
The president is selected using this system of voting.
What is the electoral college?
400
Citizens United v. FEC (2010) determined campaign donations are this.
What is speech?
400
These are three features of polls.
What is direction, intensity and stability.
400
This is what happens when media decides what we should think about, just by deciding what will or won’t be reported on.
What is agenda setting?
500
The two roles of political parties
What is influence voters, support candidates and work with the government
500
This election occurs in the middle of a presidential term and involves mostly Congressional members.
What is a midterm election?
500
This court case decided that the government can set limits on campaign contributions, but candidates can spend as much of their own money as they want.
What is Buckley v. Valeo (1976)
500
These are two sources of public opinion.
What is personal background, friends and family, the media, public officials or interest groups.