Electoral Process
Legislative, judicial, and executive.
What are government branches?
The new station that is most likely to support a Republican candidate.
What is Fox News?
An organization that seeks to influence public policy.
What is an interest group?
Money that has restrictions on spending.
What is hard money?
This is the single greatest influence in establishing a person’s first-party identification.
What is family (parents)?
If you are attempting to influence the political process through extreme measures, such as boycotts and picketing.
What is unconventional political participation?
A ballot cast by a voter who votes for all the candidates of one party.
What is straight-ticket voting?
Something interest groups contribute to campaigns.
Money with no spending restrictions?
What is soft money?
The years 1860–1928 saw the ascendency of this party.
What is the Republican party?
A national meeting of delegates elected in primaries, caucuses, or state conventions who assemble once every four years to nominate candidates for president and vice president, ratify the party platform, elect officers, and adopt rules.
What is a national convention?
Media effects is the term used for changes in __________ due to the influence of news sources.
What is public opinion?
Communicating with government officials to persuade them to support a particular policy position.
What is lobbying?
A group formed by businesses and corporations or labor unions to make donations.
What is a PAC?
Women voters today are most likely to identify as this party.
What is Democratic?
Elections to select party nominees in which voters can decide on Election Day whether they want to participate in the Democratic or Republican contests.
What are open primaries?
Political journalism of elections resembles coverage of horse races because of the focus on polling data, public perception instead of candidate policy, and almost exclusive reporting on candidate differences rather than similarities.
What is horse race journalism?
The main objective of an interest group.
What is getting laws passed?
They oversee and enforce all campaign finance laws.
Who is FEC?
This is the formal governing body of both major parties.
What is the national party comittee?
A feature of the Electoral College is when a candidate who gets the most votes wins all of a state's electoral votes.
Determining which public-policy questions will be debated or considered.
What is agenda setting?
The most successful interest group in court.
What is the NRA?
A 1976 court cast that decided people can spend their money on whatever they want and that if candidates accept public funds then they will have restrictions.
What is Buckley V Valeo?
This is the most visible instrument that parties use to formulate, convey, and promote public policy.
What is Platform?