Elections
What is a direct primary?
election held within a party to pick candidate
What are sound bites?
30 second sound clips to convey the message of an entire presentation.
What is public financing?
presidential candidates get money from the government to spend on campaigns. paid by tax $$$$
What does the 1st Amendment say?
Freedom of speech, religion, press, assembly, and petition
What does Article 1 define?
The Legislative powers
What is the difference between a closed and open primary
closed: only open to members of that specific party open: open to anyone, not party affiliated
What is horse-race coverage?
evaluating the public perception of candidates to see who is in the lead.
How are SuperPACS and regular PACS different?
PACS are donated by corps, businesses, labor unions and have a limit on how much can be given to a candidate in an election
SuperPACS are donated by independent expenditure groups that don't give directly to a candidate and therefore have no limit to the amount of money they can give
What Amendments cover your rights when being prosecuted?
4 - 8
What does Article 2 say?
It lays out the role of the executive branch and sets the limitations on what they can and cannot do to ensure that too much power is not given to one person.
What role does political parties play in elections?
They provide funding and endorsement for their candidates, along with bringing in voters and support
How does Media help set the public agenda?
whatever media talks about is what the government sees is important to the public. If the media doesn't talk about it the public doesn't know.
How does money influence democracy?
the wealthy controls the elections since they are funding them. funding impacts who votes for who and which candidates run.
What does the bill of rights do?
it guarantees the rights of all citizens of the United States, sets limits to the federal government, not absolute or unlimited
Article 3 is about what?
The Judicial branch and their powers in the federal government
What would happen if there were to be a tie in election results?
It would go to the House of Reps. where each state gets one vote, majority wins.
What are the three ways politicians can influence media?
staging, spinning, and leaking
What is the FEC
Federal Election Commission, oversees and enforces campaign finance regulations.
What amendments expand voting rights?
15th, 19th and 24th and 26th
What are the 3 types of powers?
expressed, implied, and inherent
What are the 5 ways candidates can be nominated for an office?
self announcement, caucus, convention, direct primary, petition
how is the media bias?
media sources always tend to lean more right or left, conservative or liberal, news is still run by people with opinions and those opinions always have bias when giving information and deciding which information to give out.
How does interest groups impact policy making?
Interest groups main goal is to get their ideas into lawmakers agenda, they fund candidates whom they think they can convince to get their ideas into policies, and that kind of can be seen as a form of bribery.
what is the 25th amendment about
Who takes over the presidency if the president were to die to become ill
What is the Supremacy clause?
states that the constitution is the supreme law and that federal laws overrule state laws