Political Parties
These are often called "spoilers" in elections
Third party candidates
The U.S. is not a multiparty system, but rather an...
What is a two-party system?
Most people get news this way.
Through digital devices.
These raise money to get candidates elected or defeated.
What are political action groups (PACS)?
Requires scientifically valid methods to ensure accuracy.
What are political polls?
Once party centric, today's elections focus often on...
What is candidates?
This age group votes in the largest numbers.
Who are the Boomers?
By 2012 90% of all news sources were owned by this many companies.
What is six?
Greenpeace, religious groups, and Moveon.org are all this type of interest group.
What are ideological groups?
What is the sample or question wording?
These are national party organizations.
What are the Democratic and Republican National Committees?
Candidates often seek to reach out to these people.
What are swing voters (usually independents)?
Reporting facts, to the best of their ability
What is objective journalism?
What are pharmaceutical companies?
Family, social groups, education, socio-demographics, and political environments are considered five agents of this.
What is political socialization?
Sometimes people select a candidate out of intense dislike of the opposing party.
What is negative partisanship?
Voting based exclusively on one positions like abortion, Democracy, immigration, Middle-East policy, etc.
What is single issue voting?
Alerting the public to important development.
What is signaling?
Potential group formation based on shared concern among a group of people, but not formally organized into an interest group
What are latent interest groups?
Describes our support for core values that are at the heart of our government (values that were used to create the constitution).
What is political culture?
An interest coalition striving to get people elected
What are political parties?
The idea that you could "have a beer" with, or chat with a particular candidate.
The algorithm keeping track of the types of content you interact with is part of this.
What is content customization?
What are material benefits?
"The acquisition of political beliefs".