Voter rights and behavior
What is the 19th Amendment?
The U.S. has this kind of party system
What is a two-party system?
What is the name of the body that officially elects the President?
What is the Electoral College?
What is the main goal of an interest group?
What is to influence public policy?
What is the primary role of the media in a democracy?
What is to inform the public and act as a watchdog?
Voter turnout is typically higher in these types of elections
What are presidential elections
This political ideology generally favors government regulation of the economy and expanded social programs
What is liberalism?
Candidates from the same party compete in this type of election to win their party’s nomination
What is a primary election?
This term describes a relationship between interest groups, congressional committees, and bureaucratic agencies
What is an iron triangle?
This effect occurs when media coverage influences which issues people think are important.
What is agenda-setting?
This legislation, passed in 1965, banned literacy tests and other tactics used to suppress minority voters
What is the Voting Rights Act of 1965?
This term refers to a significant shift in party coalitions and voter support
What is party realignment?
This case allowed for unlimited independent political expenditures by corporations and unions
What is Citizens United v. FEC?
Interest groups often file these legal documents to present their views in court cases.
What are amicus curiae briefs?
A poll that asks people which candidate they’d vote for if the election were held today is what kind of poll?
What is a horse race poll?
This term describes the tendency of individuals to vote based on their party loyalty
What is party-line voting?
This group of voters does not consistently identify with a particular party
Who are independents?
What is the difference between a caucus and a primary?
What is that a caucus involves public discussion and voting, while a primary uses a secret ballot?
This type of interest group represents workers and fights for better wages and conditions.
What is a labor union?
This term refers to a consistent pattern of opinion across issues that reflects a person’s underlying beliefs
What is political ideology?
What's the main reason for lower voter turnout among young adults?
What is lower political efficacy/ lack of interest?
This historical event led to a major party realignment and the rise of the New Deal Coalition
What is the Great Depression?
This type of PAC can raise and spend unlimited amounts of money, as long as it doesn’t coordinate with candidates.
What is a Super PAC?
Name one way interest groups differ from political parties.
What is that they don’t nominate candidates?
Name one challenge to measuring public opinion accurately
What is sampling error, question wording, or nonresponse bias?