Show Me the Money!
Also known as the McCain-Feingold Act. Banned soft money and reduced attack ads.
What is Bipartisan Campaign Reform Act of 2002
Extended suffrage to African American men.
What is the Fifteenth Amendment?
Deep, original investigation on a specific topic, often conducted over a long period of time and sometimes involving the exposure of secret information.
What is investigative journalism?
Legislation designed to help end formal and informal barriers to African American suffrage.
What is Voting Rights Act of 1965?
Describes consistently voting for candidates of the same political party at all levels of government.
What is Party Line Voting?
A provision of the Bipartisan Campaign Act of 2002 which requires ads used to support or oppose a candidate to include this line: “I’m [candidate’s name] and I approve this message."
What is “Stand by Your Ad” provision ?
Extended suffrage to women.
What is the Nineteenth Amendment?
Journalism that focuses on who is winning or ahead in the polls rather than on candidates' policy agenda or debates.
What is horse race journalism?
Also called the "Motor Voter Act." Makes it easier for voters to register to vote by requiring states to allow citizens to register when applying for or renewing their driver's license.
What is the National Voter Registration Act of 1993?
Describes voting based on the recent record in office of a candidate or others in their party.
What is Retrospective Voting?
Money spent in support of a candidate without directly donating to their campaign, such as paying for ads or campaign events, or giving to the candidate’s party.
What is a soft money?
Established the popular election of US senators.
What is the Seventeenth Amendment?
The media’s role in setting the political agenda by drawing public and government attention to certain issues.
What is "media as a gatekeeper"?
The group of electors chosen by each state to formally vote for the next US president based on the result of voting in the state.
What is the Electoral College?
Describes voting based on how a citizen thinks a candidate will act and perform if elected to office.
What is Prospective Voting?
An organization, usually representing an interest group or corporation, that raises money with the goal of supporting or defeating candidates, parties, or legislation. There are limits to the amount of money a PAC can donate to a candidate or party in each election.
What is political action committee (PAC)?
Extended suffrage to people aged 18-20 years old by lowering the voting age from 21 to 18.
What is the Twenty-sixth Amendment?
The process by which a few large companies have acquired the majority of news sources in the United States. Today, six companies (CBS, Comcast, Disney, News Corporation, Time Warner, and Viacom) control 90% of American media outlets.
What is media consolidation?
The number of electors required to win the presidency.
What is 270?
Describes someone voting in their best interest, supporting the candidate whose platform will give them the most favorable outcomes.
What is Rational Choice Theory?
A Supreme Court case which ruled that political spending by corporations, associations, and labor unions is a form of protected speech under the First Amendment. .
What is Citizens United v. Federal Elections Commission (2010) ?
Declared poll taxes void in federal elections.
What is the Twenty-forth Amendment?
The way the media defines and portrays an issue, which affects public perception of that issue.
What is framing?
In the event of a tie, they select the President and Vice President
Who is the House for President and Senate for Vice President
Laws that require citizens to register and vote in local and national elections.
What is Compulsory Voting?