This can result in divided government and difficulty enacting public policy.
What is Ticket Splitting?
100
Since the 1960s this type of media has decreased in number and circulation.
What are newspapers?
100
These have increased in number due to the development of communications technology, the diversity of our population and viewpoints on the issues, and the decentralization of power and multiple access points of govt.
What are interest groups?
100
According to this theory, interest groups compete and counterbalance each other to produce public policy.
What is pluralism?
100
They provide expertise, innovations, information, and help with accomplishing legislative goals to members of Congress.
What is a Lobbyist?
200
This is the supreme power within each of the Political party organizations.
What is the national convention?
200
The media has less influence than many think because of this theory that says people choose what media to watch/read.
What is selective exposure?
200
Interest groups form one side of this policy network along with a congressional committee and federal agency.
What is an iron triangle?
200
These are short clips that can enhance a candidates image.
What is a sound bite?
200
This is the list of priorities to which government officials devote their time and effort.
What is the policy agenda?
300
These are democratic party leaders who have discretion over whom they vote for at the national convention.
What is a superdelegate?
300
This is where people get most of their news.
What is Television?
300
This is the strategy interest groups use when they sue in court.
What is litigation?
300
This is the tendency of the media to report on an election focusing on who is ahead, who is behind and who is gaining ground.
What is horse race coverage?
300
The ______ ______ ______ system is a barrier to third party success in the United States.
What is the single member district system?
400
In the last forty years this has occurred with the number of people identifying as independents increasing.
What is dealignment?
400
The rule that used to say that news networks had to give equal time to candidates.
What is the fairness doctrine?
400
Interest groups offer incentives to overcome this.
What is the free rider problem?
400
This is one way interest groups influence Supreme Court decisions.
What is an amicus curiae brief?
400
This is money given to a political party and not directly to a campaign.
What is soft money?
500
According to Madison in Federalist 51, this would reduce the abuses caused by factions.
What is our large geographic republic?
500
This is when an administration leaks a story to see how the public might react.
What is a trial balloon?
500
These are tax exempt groups that run issue advocacy ads and spend money on election activities.
What is a 527 group?
500
Government in which one party controls the presidency while the other controls at least one house of Congress.
What is Divided Government?
500
The cycle in which a person alternately works for the public sector, then the private sector, thus blurring their sense of loyalty.