Media
The election of 1960, specifically the debate between JFK and Nixon, brought to light the new influence of this type of media
What is television?
People who meet with politicians to try to influence them to pass legislation
Who are lobbyists?
This is the name for a state that isn't predictably won by one party or another.
Swing state
Primary where one must be registered with a party to vote
What is a closed primary?
This piece of legislation banned practices designed to keep African Americans from voting, such as literacy tests
What is the Voting Rights Act of 1965?
Media to expose corruption within the government and society
What is investigative journalism?
This occurs when people do not join an organization but enjoy the benefits of it
What is a free rider problem?
Societal structure that connects people to their government or the political process
What is a linkage institution?
This level of government sets most of the rules with respect to elections
What are the states?
This 2010 SCOTUS case decided that corporations, labor unions, organizations can spend as much as they want on a campaign as long as they do not directly collaborate with the candidate all the way up to election day
What is Citizens United v. FEC?
Media coverage of election results/polling as it is released
What is horse-race journalism?
Legal argument written by an interest group who is not a party in a case with the purpose of voicing their opinion on the matter.
What is an amicus curiae brief?
The process by which political parties ideology change because of events going on at that time
What is realignment?
How most states allocate their electoral votes
What is the winner take all?
Prohibited national political parties, federal candidates, and officeholders from soliciting, receiving, or directing soft money contributions in federal elections
What is The Bipartisan Campaign Reform Act (BCRA)?
When the media tells some stories and not others, what "role" are they playing?
What is an agenda setter?
An iron triangle is a relation between these three types of groups
What are congressional committees, federal agencies, and interest groups?
Constitutionally created institution has made it difficult for the US to have anything other than a two party system
What is the electoral college?
State election event where people meet to discuss and vote on delegates to send to the national convention
What is a caucus?
This 1976 SCOTUS case upheld the part of FECA that restricted the amount of money that someone could contribute to a candidate but struck down the part of FECA that limited how much a candidate could spend on a campaign
What is Buckley v. Valeo?
Bureaucratic agency that regulates electronic media for appropriate content
What is Federal Communications Commission (FCC)?
The AARP is a type of these two classifications of interest groups
What is multi-issue and non economic?
Two parties that ended up developing because of the corrupt bargain of 1824
What are the Whigs and the Democrats?
If there is a tie in the Electoral College,
1) Who decides the presidency and HOW?
Double Jeopardy
2) Who decides the vice presidency and HOW?
House: one vote per state
Senate: one vote per person
Required that all federal candidates accurately disclose campaigns contributions and document all campaign expenditures
Double jeopardy: How did this change in 1974?
What is the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971?
Double
Federal Election Campaign Act (FECA), 1974
1. Required that all federal candidates accurately disclose campaigns contributions and document all campaign expenditures
2. Limited how much a candidate can receive in donations and how much a candidate can spend on campaigns
3. Legal limits on contributions (1,000 to individuals, 5,000 to PACs, 20,000 to national party committees originally but has been indexed for inflation every two years starting in 2002)
4. Created the Federal Election Commission (FEC)