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This act increased the locations where citizens can register to vote, like the DMV.
What is the National Voter Registration Act (1993) or the "Motor Voter Law"?
When competing interest groups fail to compromise, resulting in the domination of the ones with more money and power.
What is hyperpluralism?
The phenomenon of the ease of a sitting president in getting nomination for a second term.
What is the incumbent advantage phenomenon?
What is the War Chest?
This kind of reporting began during the Progressive Era with Muckrakers; expose corruption, abuse of power, and social ills.
What is investigative reporting?
This act made voting more accessible, easy and accurate. It changed punch card voting to electronic and gave more options to the disabled.
What is the Help Americans Vote Act (2002)?
The bonds between a Congressional Committee, Agency (bureaucracy), and an Interest Group.
What is an iron triangle?
Only declared party members can vote in this primary.
What is a closed primary?
Anonymous posts/ads meant to manipulate people.
What are Dark Ads?
Journalism where journalists overly use nascent data to project election results or "scorekeep".
What is horse-based journalism?
The three types of ballots.
What are election day, provisional, and early voting ballots?
When group members in SIG do not contribute to the efforts of lobbyists.
What are Free Riders?
The date that many states simultaneously hold a primary/caucus (late Feb-early March). Final candidates are often projected from the results.
What is Super Tuesday?
This entity regulates laws about how much $$ can be donated to a campaign and by whom.
What is the Federal Election Commission?
Setting a news agenda based upon what issues people see as important.
What is Gatekeeping?
The reports conducted after losses in each political party.
What are "Autopsy Reports"?
Nonprofits that receive tax-free donations, but cannot lobby nor give to a candidate (like churches).
What are 501(c)(3) nonprofits?
Federal Elections that take place halfway through a President’s term (every House member, 1/3 of the Senate). These elections have much lower Voter Turn-out than in presidential election years.
What are Mid Term elections?
The act that banned soft $$ contributions to a national party/candidate, limited hard $$ donations, and limited how much an individual could donate to multiple candidates in a 2-year cycle.
What is the BIPARTISAN CAMPAIGN REFORM ACT (BCRA)?
Reporters that investigate corruption or poor work and demand answers from elected officials, leading to an ADVERSERIAL PRESS; they tend to be suspicious of gov. officials.
Who are the watchdogs in journalism?
What is the McGovern-Fraser Commission?
The act that bands gift (including travel-related) to Congress from lobbyists.
What is the Honest Leadership and Open Government Act (2007)?
Two states where the "winner takes all principal does not hold up".
What are Nebraska and Maine?
PAS that is organized by a current or former elected official and collects money from the public; CANNOT fund their own campaign.
What is a Leadership PAC?
Media outlets with a specific agenda and targeted audience.
What is narrowcasting?