Campaign Finance
These are formed by businesses and corporations or labor unions to make donations
What is PACs?
Electors vote on the Monday following the second Wednesday in December.
what is Electoral voting?
Self- Announcement, caucus, convention, direct primary, petition
What is 5 ways candidates are nominated?
Nominating candidates, informing and activating supporters, bonding agents, governing, watchdog
What is the Functions of a political party?
organizations who have policies and try to influence lawmakers
What is Interest Groups?
In 1976, this supreme court case struck down spending limits and increased the demand for money. also President candidates who accept public funds still have spending limits but other candidates do not have limits lifted.
What is Buckley v. Valeo?
The Electoral College actually elects the president. Each state has the same number of electors as we do congressional representatives.
what is the Constitution states?
Oldest form and still used in state or local elections.
What is Self-Announcement?
Good performance of a candidate. background checks to ensure the quality of the candidate.
What is a Bonding agent?
Lobbying, Electioneering, litigation, and Gaining public support
What is the ways interest groups can affect lawmakers?
Wealthy people have an unfair advantage in electing candidates.
What is money influencing democracy?
District plan, Proportional plan, and the direct popular plan
Major parties use this instead of caucus starting in the 1830s.
What is convention?
recruiting and gathering support
What is nominate candidates?
Founded in 1909, Worked to end racial lynching and segregation
What is NAACP?
Raise unlimited soft money for voter registration, issues, but not for a ¨specific candidate¨
What is 527 groups?
2 Electors to represent states as a whole. Each district in the state would also have an elector to represent them.
What is the District plan?
Elections held inside the party to elect the party's candidate for the general election.
What is Direct primary?
giving information to the supporters and inspiring the supporters.
What is Informing and Activating supporters?
Examine past record statements on reproductive and reports them in position papers.
What is NAR-RAL?
Social welfare organizations may participate in political activities, they are tax-exempt groups and politics can not be the primary purpose.
What is 501(c)?
Each state gets the same percentage of electoral votes as the popular votes. only works for 2 parties
What is the Proportional plan?
Used by independents to get on the ballot.
What is Petition?
Criticizing political parties. criticism about the ruling politicians who differ
What is WatchDog?