Media & Participation
Groups like interest groups, the media, and parties that connect people to the government.
What are linkage institutions?
The idea that individuals are responsible for themselves and their decisions.
What is individualism?
A presidential order that acts like law without needing congressional approval.
What is an executive order?
The authority to hear a case first.
What is original jurisdiction?
An election where only registered party members can vote.
What is a closed primary?
News coverage that focuses more on campaign drama than issues.
What is horse-race journalism?
A political ideology favoring very limited government intervention.
What is libertarianism?
A speech given yearly to inform Congress about national issues.
What is the State of the Union Address?
This Supreme Court case established judicial review.
What is Marbury v. Madison?
The idea that one party controls Congress while the other holds the presidency.
What is divided government?
Slanting news coverage to support one side.
What is partisan bias?
A belief shaped by age and major life events.
What is the life-cycle effect?
The president uses this strategy to appeal directly to the people.
What is going public?
The philosophy that courts should avoid overturning laws unless clearly unconstitutional.
What is judicial restraint?
When voter groups shift allegiance between major parties.
What is realignment?
Individuals who benefit from a group’s efforts without joining it.
What are free riders?
The dominant values and traditions in a society’s politics.
What is political culture?
The president's team of advisors and analysts in the White House.
What is the Executive Office of the President. OR Cabinet?
A written opinion that disagrees with the majority and sets no precedent.
What is a dissenting opinion?
A massive outside-money campaign group that cannot coordinate with candidates.
What is a Super PAC?
The theory that many competing groups ensure that no one dominates policy-making.
What is pluralist theory?
The process by which individuals acquire their political views.
What is political socialization?
A presidential communication that interprets legislation as it is signed into law.
What is a signing statement?
Process the Supreme Court uses to appliy the Bill of Rights to state governments through the Fourteenth Amendment's Due Process Clause
What is Selective Incorporation?
A presidential nomination method where voters meet in groups to discuss and choose candidates.
What is a caucus?