Interest Groups
There is no cure for factions but only the ability to deal with the effects--Federalist________
What is 10?
Media descends at the onset of the election season to this caucus state
What is IOWA?
When people vote for multiple political parties on a given ballot.
What is split ticket voting?
The common barrier that all states have in Elections
What is registration (citizenship is not a requirement in some local elections)
The first and last stage of the policy agenda wheel
YOU?
Main Role of an Interest Group
What is Influence Policy?
This phrase describes the media’s role when it influences what issues receive lots of attention for long periods.
Agenda setting (gatekeeping)
Main goal of a political party?
WHAT IS WIN ELECTIONS (or get people elected from their party)
The Election to choose Candidates to run for office
What is Primary/Caucus
Federal Election with the smallest Turnout
What are the Midterms?
a committee set up to raise and spend a LIMITED amount of money on campaigns and candidates.
Political Action Committee
Typical Length of a media soundbite?
Anything less than 15 seconds accept
Campaign that focuses on a individual rather that the party platform
What is a candidate centered campaign/politics?
Type of Primary where you must be registered with a party to vote
What is a closed?
If no presidential candidate was able to win a majority of electoral votes, who would decide who would be the next president?
The House of Representatives
Lobbying that does not coordinate WITHIN a political campaign
What is outside lobbying?
Media tends to focus attention and coverage on elections based on who is leading in polls, while NOT focusing on the issues very much
What is a horse race? Vocab is important even if we do not directly cover in class!!!
Type of limited Money given to a political party for electioneering that is trackable through the FEC
Hard Money/Pac Money (soft money has been banned)
Law that required states to provide opportunities to register when getting a state id
What is the Motor Voter Act?
Voting based on hope for the future instead of experience with the candidate
What is Prospective Voting?
Non Member People from benefit from Union "perks" paid for by members
What are Free Riders?
Media function with the purpose of alerting the public to the wrong doing of government or government officials, usually through investigative journalism (Watergate)
What is the Watchdog Function? (you need to study vocab)
The official forum for creating a party platform and choosing a candidate
What is the National or Nomination Convention?
The SPECIFIC Constitutional Provision that was the focus of Citizens United v. FEC?
What is the FIRST Amendment FREEDOM OF SPEECH (general first amendment will not do!_
Corporations, unions and political organizations may now spend unlimited independent expenditures from their treasuries by forming these..... (as long as it is OUTSIDE of the campaign...that was the decision of Citizens United)
What are SuperPACS