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?
What type of money cannot be traced to its origin since it is given to Super PACs through third party organizations?
Dark Money
How many Supreme Court Justices do we have?
9
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?
What is the political group that can accept unlimited amounts of money and spend unlimited amounts of money?
What is a Super PAC?
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)
What is an amicus curiae brief?
"Friend of the Court" brief, written to the Supreme Court to try and sway their decisions on cases
A voting strategy where voters select only candidates from the party they most align with
What is party line voting?
True or False: More people are getting their news from online sources as opposed to media corporations
True
What could explain the increase in federal election spending in 2010 and after?
What is Citizens United v FEC (2010)?
This law that closed the loopholes of soft money was declared unconstitutional by Citizens United v FEC.
What is Bipartisan Campaign Reform Act?
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
What is ___:
-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)
The name of the group that regulates Federal Elections. Candidates are required to submit names and amounts of donations to this group.
What is the Federal Election Commission (FEC)?
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
-transportation, employment
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)
Which type of funding is NOT tied to a specific candidate but can be used for attack or issue ads?
What is Soft Money?
Citizens United decision was based on this idea
What is money = speech and therefore limits on donations will unfairly limit speech?