Media
What role watches the government and makes sure they are serving the public interest and conveys their findings back to the people.
Watchdog
an organization of people who have policy goals and try to influence policymakers to accomplish these goals.
Interest Group
What does the electoral college do?
elects the President of the US.
A group of people who seek to control the government through winning elections.
What is a political party?
Taxpayers can choose to donate extra money each year to government-funded campaigns.
What is Public Financing?
What role regulates the Freedom of press and how it is essential to democracy in order to share ideas about how the government should operate and what agenda the government should pursue.
Supports free exchange of ideas , information, and opinions.
A labor union that represents over 12 million Americans who fought for safer working conditions and an 8 hour day
AFL-CIO
A plan where 2 states have 2 electors to represent the state as a whole, and each district in the state would also have an elector to represent them.
District Plan.
A function that includes recruiting candidates and gathering support for them.
What is a Nomination?
Money is given directly to candidates where limits and regulations apply.
An unofficial release of confidential information to the press.
Leaking
A progressive movement organization started as an email group, that claims to have helped and end the way in Iraq.
A plan where each candidate gets the same percentage of electoral votes as they do popular votes.
Proportional Plan.
A function where a political party educates and advertises.
What is Inform/Activate Support?
Political donations are given to the party that can avoid government regulations.
What is Soft Money?
what the media chooses not to talk about, and people become uninformed on the issue
Agenda cutting
An active membership and heft bank account make them #1, they have successfully lobbied against stricter control measures, and they have the most success in cour with the second amendment.
NRA
A plan where they would do away with the electoral college altogether, making the winner of the popular vote the president.
What is the Direct Popular Election.
A function where background checks take place to ensure the quality of a candidate.
What is Bonding Agent?
Formed by businesses and corporations or labor unions to make donations.
What are PAC´s?
Focuses on polling data and public perception rather than candidate policies.
Horse-race coverage.
The four ways in which interest groups affect policymaking
Lobbying, electioneering, litigation, and gaining public support.
What date must a winner be declared as president?
What is January 20th?
A function where candidates are usually selected based on what party they represent.
What is Governing?
1st Supreme Court Case that struck down some spending limits, therefore, increasing the demand for money.
What is Buckley v Valeo?