Chapter 9
A group of 14 mapmakers, they redraw district boundaries.
What is Citizens Redistricting Commission?
What is No Party Preference?
a person who is paid to try to persuade lawmakers and other government officials to create policies
What is Professional Lobbyist?
Campaign Activity involving indirect contact with voters
What is Wholesale Campaigning?
When Citizens are registered to vote when they renew their driver licenses or register their care with the DMV.
Any group that can be identified by unique characteristic.
What is Special Interest?
What is Vote by Mail?
Campaign activity involving direct/ face-to-face contact with voters
what is Retail Campaigning?
An organized group that tries to influence the government to advance/protect its interests and goals.
What is Special Interest Group?
Want more Government services in exchange for higher Taxes, and wider access to healthcare.
What is Liberal?
Want Strictly Limited Government, Taxes, and Illegal Immigration
What is Conservative?
A term referring to lobbyists as a group as if they were on par with the other houses of the legislature.
Regular Election, features 2 candidates who have been chosen through a primary election.
What is General Election?
Act of manipulating district boundaries to include/exclude certain groups in order to benefit a party/incumbent
What is Gerrymandering?
the way information is presented, usually by highlighting/ignoring certain elements.
What is Framing Effects?