Voting
The Amendent that granted ciztens 18 and older to vote
The two proment politcal parties in the United States
What is Democratic and Republican
The amount of money Super Pacs can spend of elecation adversting
What is Unlimited
The reason for the increse in media consumtion
What is the rise of the internet
The process of incorpating specfic right and provisions of the BIll of Rights to the state level
What is Selective Incorpation
What is call when the candidate who gets the most votes in a state wins all of that state's electoral votes
What is Winner-take-All
What is Party Platforms
Occurs when individuals benefit from collective goods without contributing
What is free-rider problem
the lifelong learning process by which individuals acquire their political beliefs, values, and ideologies [often influnsed by the internet]
political socialization
The redrawing of Congressinal district to produce a particular electional outcome
What is gerrymandering
What is Primary Election
An elecatino that lead to a number of key supporter of one party switch to the other party
What is Crital Election
A regulated organization and raises and spend money in order to influnce eletoral actions in favor of a policatal candadite
What is a PAC
The provision that made it so candadites had to say they "approve the message" at the end of a ad in order to decrease negative ads
What is Stand By Your Act
The offical powers of Congress given by Article 1 of the US Constition
What is Emmerated Powers?
The three types of Primary Elections
What is Open Primary Closed Primary and Caususes
Major and lasting change in the group of voter that support one or both politacal parties
The SCOTUS case that led to the creation of Super PACs
What is Citizen's United v FEC
An informal power of the president that make them influce the people due to their postion as president
What is Bully Pulpit
What is the Take Care Clause [Article 2 Section 3]?
Consistenly votif for candadites of differnt policatal parties at the level government
Spilt Ticket Voting
When more and more American are identifyuuing as politcal independents and no longer alinging to one of the major politcal parties
What is Party Dealignment
When legal documents filed by a non party to offer specialized information, analysis, or perspectives on a case
What is Amicus Curiae Brief
When on the probability of a candidates winning is being broadcast instead os the candidate political stance or beliefs
What is Horse Journalism
The government is based on a body of law applied equally netually and fairly to every citizen not on the those who are in charge
What is Rule of Law