Voting Rights Amendments
The amendment that gives women the right to vote
What is the 19th amendment?
Voting based on what is perceived to be in the citizen's individual interest
What is rational choice voting?
Individuals who enjoy collective goods and benefits from the actions of an interest group without joining
What is a free rider?
A type of independent political action committee which may raise unlimited sums of money from corporations, unions, and individuals but is not permitted to contribute to or coordinate directly with parties or candidates
The power of the media to bring public attention to particular issues and problems
What is agenda setting?
The amendment that guarantees voting rights regardless of race
What is the 15th amendment?
A party that attempts to challenge one of the major political parties
What is a third party?
Interacting with government officials in order to advance a group's public policy goals
What is lobbying?
An election where new coalitions of voters have formed, beginning a new party era
What is a critical election?
DOUBLE JEOPARDY
The use of detective-like reporting methods to unearth scandals
What is investigative journalism?
The amendment that lowered the voting age to 18
What is the 26th amendment?
An elected official who is already in office is running for reelection and has an advantage over their challenger
What is an incumbent?
The three-way alliance among legislators, bureaucrats, and interest groups to make or preserve policies that benefit their respective interests
What is an iron triangle?
DOUBLE JEOPARDY
Piece of legislation that regulated campaign finance by limiting the ability of corporations and unions to spend their general treasury funds on election communications
What is the Bipartisan Campaign Reform Act (BRCA) of 2002?
Election coverage by the mass media that focuses on which candidate is ahead rather than on national issues
What is horse race journalism?
The amendment that allows citizens to directly elect senators
What is the 17th amendment?
DOUBLE JEOPARDY
A trend in campaigning in which candidates develop their own strategies and raise money with less influence from the party elite
What is a candidate-centered campaign?
The tendency of public officials, journalists, and lobbyists to move between public and private sector (media, lobbying) jobs
What is revolving door?
An election for a presidential nominee in which only registered members of a particular political party can vote
What is a closed primary?
Sources of information designed to reach a wide audience, including newspapers, radio, television, and internet outlets
What is the mass media?
The amendment that eliminated poll tax
What is the 24th amendment?
An election system for choosing members of the legislature where the winner is the candidate who receives the most votes, even if the candidate does not receive a majority of the votes
What is a single-member plurality system or a winner-takes-all system?
Interest groups use these four tactics to influence government
Supreme Court case that determined corporations and other outside groups can spend unlimited money on elections
What is Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission (2010)?
The concentration of ownership of the media into fewer corporations
What is media consolidation?