Political Parties
The practice of awarding jobs, grants, licenses, or other special favors in exchange for political support.
What is patronage
A set of objectives outlining the party’s issue positions and priorities
Party platform
An amount that is allowed in case of miscalculation or change of circumstances.
Margin of Error
An interest group or its division that can raise money to contribute to campaigns or spend on ads in support of candidates.
Political Action Committees (PACs)
Release of secret information by anonymous government officials to the media.
What is a leak
There are two types of primary elections they are?
What is a closed primary and an open primary
A citizen’s loyalty to a specific political party.
Party identification
______ refers to what the public thinks about a particular issues or set of issues at any point in time and _______ are interviews/surveys that are used to estimate the feelings/beliefs of the entire population.
What is public opinion and public opinion polls
What is the difference between an interest group and a political party?
What is an interest group is a collection of people or organizations that tries to influence public policy whereas a political party covers a broader range of issues and appeal to a wider range of individuals
Specific locations from which news frequently emanates, such as Congress or the White House
What is a beat
A ballot prepared and distributed by government officials that places the names of all candidates on a single list and is filled out by voters in private.
What is an Australian Ballot
Voting for the party in control, or “in-party” when one thinks the government is performing well; voting for the outs when one thinks the government is performing poorly.
What is performance voting
The influence on the public’s general impressions caused by positive or negative coverage of a candidate or issue
Priming
Benefits that can motivate participation in a group effort because they are available only to those who participate.
Selective incentives
Government censorship of information before it is published
What is prior restraint
The principle that asserts that plurality rule elections structured within single member districts tends to favor a two party system
Duverger’s Law
Voting for candidates based on their positions on specific issues, as opposed to their party or personal characteristics.
What is issue voting
Name three agents of political socialization
What are demographics, family, school, peers, mass media, political leaders
When political elites seek to mobilize and manipulate grassroots support on an issue.
What is astro-turf campaign
a sensational style of reporting characterized newspapers at the turn of the century
What is Yellow Journalism
This term refers to a ballot in which candidates of different political parties are on the same ballot
Ticket Splitting
When a small number of ordinary citizens are observed as they talk with each other about political candidates, issues and events this is refereed to as a?
What is a focus group
The increased short-run popular support of the President during periods of international crisis or war.
Rally around the flag effect
A lobbying strategy that relies on participation by group members, such as a protest or letter-writing campaign.
Grassroots lobbying.
This is a term discribing the results of Superfical coverage in televison has led to a massive shortening of politicans speaches (from 47 seconds in 1960 to 7 seconds today).
What is a Sound Bite