Elections
Position the amount of electors per state equals.
What is congressional representatives?
4th branch of the government and serves as a watchdog.
What is Media?
The first campaign finance law in the United States.
What is the Tillman Act 1907?
Amendment that protects freedom of speech, religion, and press.
What is 1st Amendment?
Article that recognizes the supremacy of the people through their elected representatives is recognized
What is Article 1?
Amount of electoral votes needed in order to win.
What is 270?
30 second sounds clips used on TV to convey the entire message of speech.
What is Sound Bites?
Financing where tax payers can choose to donate extra money each year to government funded campaigns.
What is Public Financing?
Amendment that protects the right to bear arms aka have guns.
What is 2nd Amendment?
Principle of government under which separate branches are empowered to prevent actions by other branches and are induced to share power.
What is Checks and Balances?
The house that acts as a tie breaker in the electoral college.
What is House of Representatives?
Media Coverage that focuses on polling data and public perception rather than candidate policies.
What is Horse Race coverage?
Group formed by business and corporations or labor unions to make donations.
What is PAC(Political Action Committee)?
Amendment that states person doesn’t have to answer unless grand jury is present
What is 5th Amendment?
System of government in which the same territory is controlled by two levels of government.
What is Federalism?
A election in which voters are not required to declare party affiliation.
What is Open Primary?
Events that are staged by political candidates primarily for the purpose of being covered.
What is Media Events?
Group that raise unlimited soft money for voter registration, issue advocacy, bot not for “specific candidates”
What is 527 groups?
Amendment that states no soldier shall be quartered in a house without consent.
What is 3rd Amendment?
Article that lays out the Executive Branch of the government.
What is Article 2?
A election that functions as a preliminary election whereby voters decide their party's candidates.
What is Direct Primary?
The newest source of Media.
What is the Internet?
Organization of people who have policy goals and try to influence policymakers to accomplish these goals.
What is interest groups?
Amendment that protects the right to be secure from unreasonable searches or seizures.
What is the 4th amendment?
Article that outlines the relationship between the various states.
What is Article 4?