Election
Body of electors; elects the president
What is Electoral College
What is Sources of Media?
PAC
What is Political Action Committee?
List of limits on the federal government
What is Bill of Rights?
Clearly outline in the first 3 articles
2 winners from the first primary go against each other
What is Run-Off Primary?
Watchdog, agenda-setting, free exchange of opinions
What is Roles of Media?
Ruled that spending money to influence elections is a form of constitutionally protected free speech
Freedom of speech, religion, press, assembly, and petition
What is 1st Amendment?
The supreme court’s power to determine if what the government does is constitutional
What is Judicial Review?
Election held within party for general election candidate
What is Direct Primary?
30 second sound clips used on TV to convey the message of an entire speech
What is Sound Bites?
Political donations given to the parts that can avoid government regulations
What is Soft Money?
What is 15th amendment?
Division of power between the national and state governments
What is Federalism?
Oldest form of nomination; used by independent candidates
What is Self-announcement?
News coverage specifically on polls and votes
What is Horse-Race Coverage?
Money given directly to candidates where limits and regulations apply
What is Hard Money?
Women can vote
What is 19th amendment?
The people have the power to select government officials
What is Popular Sovereignty?
Meeting of party delegates to vote on policy; to select party candidates for public office
What is Party Convention?
Perceived bias of journalists and news producers within the mass media
What is Media Bias?
Passed as way to try and close financing loopholes that allowed soft money to influence elections
What is Bi-Partisan Campaign Reform Act?
The only amendment that was passed based on a popular vote and not the state legislators
What is 21st Amendment?
Established the authority of American courts to overturn laws and invalidate government actions
What is Marbury v. Madison?