Media
Vocab
Vocab 2
Campaign Finance
Interest Groups
100

TV, social media, news outlets, blogs, etc.

What is mass media? 

100

30-second sound clips 

What are sound bites? 

100

Groups with a narrow interest 

What are Single-Issue Groups? 

100

Limited money 

What is hard money?

100

Bring lawsuits against the gov

What is litigation?

200
Unofficial release of information 

What is leaking? 

200

Focusing on polling data 

What is horse race journalism? 

200

No party affiliation 

What is non-partisan? 

200

Unlimited money 

What is soft money? 

200

Influencing lawmakers

What is lobbying? 

300

Used to persuade the public 

What is advertising? 

300

Shrinking of party identification 

What is dealignment? 

300

Involving two parties

What is bipartisan? 

300

PAC meaning

What is Political Action Committee?

300

Interest groups work to...

get laws passed

400

Actively watching the government 

What is watchdog? 

400

Gov being able to stabilize the economy 

What is Keynesian economics? 

400

PACs collecting contributions 

What is bundling? 

400

FEC meaning 

What is Federal Election Committee?

400

Political parties work to...

elect candidates 

500

Being fed certain ideas over others 

What is agenda-setting? 

500

Candidates most likely to win

What is safe seat? 

500

Person employed to influence policymakers

What is lobbyist? 

500

Donation limit per person

What is $1000? 

500

Advertising on broad issues-not candidates

What is issue advocacy?