voting
party-line voting (straight-ticket)
What is the process in which voters select candidates based on their party affiliation (doesn't have to be your assigned political party?)
Democratic Party
What is a party founded in 1828 by Jackson to support a decentralized government and states' rights?
PAC
What is an organization that raises money to elect and defeat candidates and may donate money directly to a candidate's campaign, subject to limits?
horse-race journalism
What is the coverage of political campaigns that focuses more on the drama of a campaign than political issues (which candidate is ahead)?
rational choice voting
What is voting based on what a voter believes is in their best interest?
Republican Party
What is a party created in 1854 to promote social and fiscal conservatism?
Election cycles
What are presidential elections (4 years) and congressional elections/midterms (2 years).
What is an organization that may spend unlimited amounts of money on a political campaign, as long as the spending is not coordinated with a campaign?
mass media
What is forms of communication that reach millions of people?
retrospective/prospective voting
What is voting for a candidate because you liked what they did in the past? What is voting for a candidate because of what they are offering in the future?
Party Platforms
What is a formal set of principle goals supported by a political party or candidate in order to appeal to the general public?
winner-take-all
What is winner gets all of the electoral votes?
campaign finance reform
What is sources of finance that include political parties, private citizens, personal savings, political committees, public funds (tax money), PACs, and super PACs?
linkage institutions
What is channels that connect individuals with the government, including elections, political parties, interest groups, and the media?
Voting process
What is casting ballots, counting votes, candidate/issues with majority wins?
third-party
What is electoral contenders other than the two major parties (not unusual, but rarely win)?
What is the edge given to those who have already been in office (ex. more name recognition, easier access to campaign finance)?
Buckley v. Valeo
What is a SCOTUS case where SCOTUS upheld federal limits on campaign contributions and ruled that spending money to influence elections is a form of constitutionally protected free speech? Candidates can give unlimited amounts of money to their own campaigns.
frontloading
What is the recent tendency of states to hold primaries earlier in the calendar in order to capitalize on media attention?
24th/26th Amendment
What is the elimination of poll taxes? What is lowering the voting age from 21 to 18?
Realignment
What is a substantial and longterm shift in party allegiance by individuals and groups, usually resulting in a change in policy direction?
Electoral College
What is the constitutionally required process for selecting the president through slates of electors chosen in each state, who are pledged to vote for a nominee in the presidential election (Article 1, Sec 2)?
Wildcard- Fed 10, Brutus 1, Fed 51
What is important documents?
Fed 10- Madison argues liberty is safest in large republic because of factions. Also includes diversity makes tyranny by the majority more difficult.
Brutus 1- Yates, against Constitution, central gov is too powerful and will need to represent too many interest, needs a Bill of Rights, argued for state gov
Fed 51- Separation of powers within national gov is the best way to prevent the concentration of power.
types of news agencies
What is transnational/world news, continental/regional, national?