Voting
This is a primary that requires you to be a registered member of a political party to vote on that ballot
What is a closed primary?
This is a structure that connects people to the government
What is a linkage institution?
The policy-making relationship among the congressional committees, the bureaucracy, and interest groups
What is an iron triangle?
This is a phenomenon where politicians who have held that position in the past are more likely to win during a reelection
What is the incumbency advantage phenomenon?
This is the media's over tendency to focus on polling numbers rather than policy
What is horse race journalism?
This type of voting behavior looks at the future policies of a candidate and how they will benefit the country as a whole
What is Prospective voting?
This is what political parties use to disseminate, control, and clarify political messages
What is communication technology and data management (ie the media, polls, canvasing, ext)
This is how groups and political actors can influence policy outcomes
What is...
raising money for campaigns
talking to representatives
advertisements
This is a reason why the electoral college impedes democracy
Individual votes matter less
Candidates focus on larger states with more electoral votes
This is the branch of government that flies under the radar in media, allowing them to get away with policy decisions and use other branches as a scapegoat
What is Congress?
This is a barrier for voting created by state and/or governments
What is a ....
voter id laws
age restriction
restrictions for felons
polling taxes
grandfather clauses
This is a function of political parties (multiple answers, give 1)
What is...
Mobilization and education of voters
Party platforms
Candidate recruitment
Campaign management, including fundraising and media strategy
The committee and party leadership systems in legislatures
This is a benefit of the influence of interest groups on elections and policy making
Collective Good
Something that benefits all people, not just members
more people can get their voice heard
pluralist theory
This type of group influences money and policy making through fundraising and spending
What is PACs?
This is the media's ability to influence the importance placed on the topics of the public agenda (not to be confused with the list of subjects or problems (issues) to which government officials as well as individuals outside the government are paying serious attention to at any given time)
What is agenda setting?
This demographic is more likely to vote democrat (multiple possible answers, give 1)
What is...
African American
Women
College Educated
Jewish
Asian/Pacific Islander?
This is they way the structure of political parties have been influenced to change and adapt
What is...
critical elections and regional alignments
campaign finance law
CHANGES IN COMMUNICATION AND DATA MANAGEMENT TECHNOLOGY
This is a potential problem of the influence of interest groups on elections and policy making
Single-Issue Groups
Focused on a single issue, usually unwilling to compromise
This supreme court case dictated that political spending is a form of free speech and protected under the first amendment
What is Citizens United vs. FEC?
This supreme court case made it difficult for politicians to sue the media for slander or libel
What is NY Times v Sullivan?
This election happens every year divisible by 2 and votes for the house, 1/3 of the senate, and some local races
What is the midterm election?
This is a barrier to third parties in politics (choose one)
What is...
America's winner take all system. Meaning the winner with most votes gets the power unlike many other countries with proportional representation.
No proportional representation of Congress
Lack of federal funding
This is how interest group influence may be impacted negatively
What is the...
inequality of political and economic resources
unequal access to decision makers
free rider problem
This reliance inhibits the election process as it increases the cost of campaigns, shifts the focus of election from policy to politics and from character to likeability
What is a dependence on professional consultants?
This is a consequence of media consolidation
What is political polarization?