Linkage Institutions
Attempts to influence lawmakers
What is lobbying?
An example of an amendment (both the number and what it did) that expanded voting rights
What is ....
15, 17, 19, 24, 26
a formal set of principal goals which are supported by a political party or individual candidate, in order to appeal to the general public, for the ultimate purpose of garnering the general public's support and votes about complicated topics or issues.
What is a party platform?
Refer to the graph on your vocab matching.
What is 15%
a landmark decision of the Supreme Court of the United States on the First Amendment right of Freedom of the Press. The ruling made it possible for newspapers to publish the then-classified Pentagon Papers without risk of government censorship or punishment.
3 examples of types of linkage institutions
What are political parties, elections, media, interest groups, activist groups?
a landmark piece of federal legislation in the United States that prohibits racial discrimination in voting.
What is the voting rights act of 1965?
A new technology that you are all familiar with that parties use for advertising about their candidates
What is social media?
Refer to the graph on your vocab matching.
An example of a piece of information about election spending we can not infer from this graph.
What is ____
-total spending
-spending by which groups
-etc
a landmark decision of the Supreme Court of the United States regarding campaign finance laws and free speech under the First Amendment to the U.S. Constitution. Removed limits on campaign finance spending.
What is Citizens United v. FEC (2010)
The term Madison used in the federalist papers to warn of different groups with different interests in society
What is a faction?
A voting strategy where voters select only candidates from the party they most align with
What is party line voting?
The title of this category is a song by this American rock band, beloved by history teachers everywhere and especially in room 313
what is Phish?
Refer to the graph on your vocab matching sheet. What could explain the increase in federal election spending in 2010 and after?
What is Citizens United v FEC (2010)?
was a landmark decision of the U.S. Supreme Court concerning enforcement of the Espionage Act of 1917 during World War I. A unanimous Supreme Court concluded that the defendant, who distributed flyers to draft-age men urging resistance to induction, could be convicted of an attempt to obstruct the draft, a criminal offense.
An example of an interest group
what is___
A way that third party candidates may influence the outcome of an election
what is:
-playing spoiler (taking votes from a major candidate)
-pushing a candidate in one direction or another to adopt their ideas
A reason that parties may wish to gather data about voters
-to organize outreach
-advertising
-canvassing
-volunteering
an organization that pools campaign contributions from members and donates those funds to campaigns for or against candidates, ballot initiatives, or legislation.
What is a PAC (political action committee)
a landmark decision by the United States Supreme Court that defined First Amendment rights of students in U.S. public schools. Upheld the right of students to wear anti-war protest armbands.
What is Tinker v. Des Moines (1969)
One example of a left-leaning media outlet, and one example of a right-leaning media outlet
What is ___
An example of a barrier to voting
what is:
-voter id laws
-long poll lines
-etc
A time in american history when the democratic and republican parties realigned their supporters
What is
-1930s (new deal)
-1960s-80s (southern strategy and conservative movement)
The approximate amount spent on US federal elections in 2024
what is $16 billion?
a landmark U.S. Supreme Court decision in which the Court ruled that the Sixth Amendment of the U.S. Constitution requires U.S. states to provide attorneys to criminal defendants who are unable to afford their own
What is Gideon v Wainwright (1963)?