The Media
Misinformation is a form of this type of communication?
What is propaganda?
This is a reason why we continue to have a two-party system.
What is: tradition, unfriendly state election laws, or winner-take all election districts.
This type of campaign money is not subject to as many regulations as other types of contributions.
What is soft money?
Low income earners, compared to folks with money.
Who are non-voters?
This is the term that describes the presidential candidate for whom most people in the country voted for.
What is the popular vote?
CNN, MSNBC, and the NY Times are media organizations that lean in this political direction.
What is left (liberal).
The narrow focus of interest groups makes them different than this other type of political organization.
What is a political party?
This is the term used to describe the type of money that goes directly to candidates.
What is hard money?
What are voters?
This is the only person who can allow a convicted felon to vote in Virginia.
Who is the governor.
This unsavory-sounding term was used to describe how newspapers would investigate and expose corruption or other problems in government.
What is "Muckraking"?
This minor (3rd) political party is very concerned about the environment.
What is the Green Party.
Which was the 2002 law that tried to regulate the flow of soft money in politics (BCRA)?
What is the McCain/Feingold Act?
Older people, when compared to the young and strong.
What are voters?
The 24th Amendment to the Constitution banned states from requiring this from voters.
What is a poll tax?
This is one of the main distinctions between the mass media and other organizations such as Political Parties and Interest Groups.
These are the two largest and most powerful types of interest groups.
What are labor unions and trade associations?
This is the organization that enforces campaign finance laws.
What is the FEC?
Men, when compared with women voters.
What are non voters?
This is a common criticism of the very early nominating contests held by Iowa and New Hampshire.
- Neither state is representative of the US as a whole. (Old, white, etc.)
- Both states have small populations
Journalism that only tends to focus on who is ahead or behind in election polls.
What is "horserace journalism"?
This term describes how the 2 major parties have moved further apart from each other's ideas.
What is polarization? (Political polarization).
This was the result of Citizen's United v. FEC.
What is the loosening of soft money restrictions?
Rural folks, when compared to city slickers?
What are non voters?
To win the presidency, you need more electoral votes than any other candidate (T or F)?
False... you need a MAJORITY of all of the Electoral Votes (270 out of 538).