Campaigns
Runs for a 4 year term
Who is the president?
elected every 6 years
What are senators?
believing that change is possible and that individuals can play a role in that change
This group's goal is to win elections and control the political agenda
What are political parties?
April 8 2024 is ? 🌚 🌝
When was the solar eclipse?
an event where only party members can nominate candidates
What is a closed primary?
What is the electoral college?
when an individual votes for candidates from both parties for different offices
What is split-ticket voting?
A structure within a society that connects the people to the government or centralized authority.
I am easy to lift, but hard to throw. What am I?
A feather.
groups created by unions, business associations, and interest groups to raise money to influence elections
What are PACS?
These areas can have a large effect on elections due to not strongly favoring one party.
What are swing states?
Voter ID requirements, registration requirements, early voting/mail in voting limitations, proof of citizenship requirements
What are voting restrictions?
This case established that corporations an unions have the same rights as individuals
What is Citizens United vs. FEC?
may 6 2024 😰
What day is the Ap gov exam?
Politicians must publicly report their campaign finances due to this law
What is the Federal Elections Campaign Act (1971)?
officeholder has name recognition,good casework, and usually redistricting on his side, so they are more likely to beat their challenge because of this.
What is the incumbency advantage?
voting for a candidate because they are from the same party as the presidential candidate
What are presidential coattails?
Reasons why third parties are good (Name 2)
What are new ideas, voice for minorities, and push major parties to alter platform?
catastrophe = MANY dead. Population severely reduced. Random events. Decrease frequency of alleles/phenotypes
What is Bottleneck (bio)
group whose purpose is not electoral politics, can’t spend more than half of their budget on campaign politics
What are 501(c) organizations?
Reasons why third parties don't win (Name at least 3)
What are winner take all elections, lack of funding, exclusion from presidential debates, or lack of ballot access?
These amendments expanded voting rights (Name number and what the amendment did, must name at least 4)
What are the 15th-black male suffrage, 17th-senators voted by people in their state, 19th - women's suffrage, 23th - DC residents can vote as district, 24th - ended poll taxes, and 26th- 18+ can vote?
These groups can raise unlimited amounts of money from regular people AND corporations and unions
What are super PACs?
September 5 is a special day for someone in this classroom
When is Mr. Perez's birthday