TRUE OR FALSE: The goal of political parties is to represent the concerns of minorities
What is FALSE
100
True or False: Spin doctors DO NOT work for any particular candidate.
FALSE
100
TRUE or FALSE: In general, candidates do not need to run with a political party in order to be successful.
What is FALSE
100
An expenditure for activities that are not coordinated with those of a candidate or political party.
What is independent expenditure.
100
Media, political parties, and interest groups are all examples of ____________ organizations.
What are intermediary.
200
This is the component of the tripartite idea of parties that helps coordinate everything the party does.
What is party in organization
200
An agenda setting technique that establishes the content of a media report.
What is framing.
200
Political parties that are focused on a singular issue.
What is issue oriented parties.
200
Issue ads, mobilizing constituents, and going to court are all examples of ______________ used by interest groups to direct policy.
What is indirect techniques.
200
Interest ___________ results in majority rule.
What is aggregation
300
Among voters, a growing detachment from both political parties.
What is dealignment
300
A form of journalism that covers campaign and elections almost completely based on "who is winning"
What is horse race coverage
300
__________________ party saw realignment in the 20th century as the adopted more issues of social and political justice as part of their party platform..
What is the Democratic
300
A system by which a particular candidate evaluates the performance of legislators based on how often the legislators have voted with the group's position on particular issues.
What is a rating system
300
The political party that has fewer members in the legislature as opposing party.
What is the minority party
400
Ethnic groups and identity groups within a party are all examples of_______________.
Party coalitions
400
Censorship by the government on what media can publish
What is prior restraint
400
Blogging is an example of ____________ journalism
What is citizen
400
TRUE or FALSE: Interest Groups are policy specialists.
What is TRUE.
400
A style of voting where political parties and not candidates or issues determine vote choice.
What is party centered voting
500
_______________ law holds that plurality-rule elections within single member districts tend to favor a two party system.
What is Duverger's
500
The ability to determine which issues are considered important by the public and politicians.
What is media agenda setting.
500
A political ad that focuses on a particular issue.
What is and issue ad.
500
When a person chooses to receive the benefits of a public good without contributing to producing those benefits.
What is the free rider problem.
500
The party African Americans predominantly identify with.