Voting & Voter Behavior
This legislation ended barriers to African American suffrage (Hint: it was passed in 1965)
What is the Voting Act of 1965?
1) This journalism focuses on who is winning the polls and 2) this journalism is does deep research (sometimes exposing secret information)
1) What is horse race journalism
2) What is investigative journalism
Name the two major political parties. Explain why third-parties are not as successful in elections.
What are the democratic and republican parties. Third party focus and ideas are often absorbed into the main parties. So, the public often chooses a main party the embodies their values so that their vote is not "wasted"
What provision of the BCRA (2002) requires ads used to support or oppose a candidate to include this line: “I'm (Candidates name) and I approve this message.”
What is the "stand by your ad" provision?
The act of seeking to influence a public official on an issue
What is lobbying?
This legislation allowed people to register to vote while applying for a driver's license?
What is the Voter Registration Act of 1993?
As a gatekeeper, the media has the power to do this:
What is policy/agenda setting and framing issues?
An electoral system in which legislative seats are awarded only to the party who received the most voters in an election
What is a winner-take-all system?
What is money spent in support of a candidate without directly donating to their campaign (such as paying for ads or campaign events, or giving to the candidate's party) called?
What is soft money?
Interest groups attempt to influence policy by using strategies like campaign contributions, media coverage, or encouraging constituents to contact their elected officials (Inside or Outside strategy?)
What is outside strategy?
These amendments (2) allowed African American men to vote and for women to vote.
What are the 15th and 19th amendments?
What type of news site caters to specific ideological perspectives?
What is a partisan news site?
The current process by which voters choose their party's candidate for national office
What is a direct primary?
What makes a super PAC different from a regular PAC?
A super PAC may raise unlimited funds in support of a candidate or party as long as they do not coordinate in any way with the candidate or party, or donate directly to the candidate.
What type of strategy is direct lobbying, drafting legislation, and/or suing the government?
What is inside strategy?
This amendment made established the popular election of senators?
What is the 17th amendment?
Define media consolidation
What is a few large companies have acquiring the majority of news sources in the United States?
An organization usually representing an interest group or corporation that raises money with the goal of supporting or defeating candidates, parties or legislation.
What is a PAC?
A Supreme Court case which ruled that political spending by corporations, associations and labor unions is a form of protected speech under the First Amendment.
What is Citizens United vs FEC?
What are social movements? Name an example.
Groups that work to bring change in society (ie. civil rights, women rights, etc.)
This amendment extended suffrage to people by lowering the voting age from 21 to 18
What is the 26th amendment?
Describe what has led to an increase in citizen journalists. Pros? Cons?
What is an increase in social media platforms and handheld reporting devices?
Pros: unfiltered footage, more reporting on issues not on the media's policy agenda
Cons: untrained in fact-checking, still a possibility of bias
Define linkage institution. Name a type of linkage institution.
1) Groups in society that connect people to the government and facilitate turning the people's concerns into political issues on the government's policy agenda
2) What is a political party, interest group, or the media
Why do incumbents have the advantage when it comes to elections?
They have advantages in media exposure, fundraising and staff.
What is a group seeking to influence public policy called?
What is an interest group?