Voting & Elections
When third party campaign workers or political activists collect absentee ballots to give to election officials.
What is Ballot Harvesting?
An organization that tries to influence the government by getting its members elected to office.
What is A Political Party?
Donors must be disclosed, coordination is allowed, and there is a $5,000 contribution limit.
What is hard money donation to a PAC?
The procedure of asking loaded questions in order to subtly shape the respondent's opinion.
A benefit sought by an interest group that once achieved, cannot be denied to nonmembers.
What is Collective Good?
The candidate that gets the most votes in an electoral district wins the election.
What is Plurality?
The chief reason for the persistence of America’s two-party system.
What is single-member districts?
Banned national political parties from raising soft money.
What is the Bipartisan Campaign Reform Act of 2002?
Which type of voter is the least reliable in polling?
Adults
Someone who benefits without contributing.
What is a free rider?
The primary responsibility for conducting public elections rests with these people.
Who are state and local governments?
What is the primary function of the national political party organization?
To assist national candidates in fundraising and spending their money
Court ruling which gave rise to politically active nonprofits and dark money groups
What is Citizens United v. FEC?
Most reliable voters to poll
Who are the Most likely to vote?
The three-way relationship among congressional committees, interest groups, and the bureaucracy.
What is the Iron Triangle?
Characteristic of those most likely to vote in the next election
Who are people over 45 yr old?
Smaller or weaker parties are most likely to have electoral success under this system
What is the Proportional Representation System?
Why do PACs and Super PACs not have to report dark money donors?
Donors contribute through 501(c)(4) groups and can remain anonymous
Three factors that historically determine the winner of a national election are:
What is economics, war, and crime?
The most important and beneficial resource that lobbyists provide government officials
What is information?
(T/F) In the electoral college each state has one elector per senator and one for each house representative.
One advantage of the two-party system the founders designed
It forces political parties and their candidates to move to the electoral center
An organization that can fundraise and spend as they please to support or attack a candidate but not contribute directly or coordinate is a:
What are Super PACS?
(T/F) Prospective voters reverse their position if they are displeased with the candidate’s past performance.
False
In elections, PAC funding tends to favor this type of candidate
What are Incumbents?