The Media
Role of the Media: Media exposes what the government may want to keep hidden.
What is a Watchdog?
Measure of Voter Turnout: This figure includes all U.S. residents ages 18 and older.
What is the VAP (Voting Age Population)?
How people think or feel about particular things.
What is Public Opinion?
A group of persons who seek to control government through the winning of elections.
What is a Political Party?
A group that makes the formal selection of the President and Vice President.
What is the Electoral College?
Role of the Media: The media decides what is newsworthy, so the government acts on these issues.
What is a Gatekeeper?
Measure of Voter Turnout: This figure excludes all U.S. residents ineligible to vote.
What is the VEP (Voting Eligible Population)?
A type of poll used to check for changes in public opinion over time.
What is a tracking poll?
What is the 1st Amendment?
A representative that votes on behalf of the wishes of their constituents.
What is a delegate?
America has a long tradition of media that is owned by...
What are privately-owned companies?
In recent years, the gap between the VAP and VEP has...(increased/decreased).
What is "increased"?
A type of poll that is used to predict election results before official results are in.
What is an Exit Poll?
Government action based on a firm allegiance to a political party.
What is Partisanship?
The regularly scheduled election at which voters make their final selection of officeholders.
What is the General Election?
Role of the Media: Instead of talking about the issues, the media focuses on who who is ahead in the polls.
What is a Scorekeeper?
A measure of voter turnout that is preferable because it removes ineligible voters from the equation.
What is the VEP?
A type of poll used to sway voter's opinions.
What is a Push Poll?
A state where the two major parties have similar levels of support amongst voters.
What is a Swing State?
An election in which voters choose their party's candidate.
What is a Primary?
Americans are beginning to rely more on this form of media as their source for news.
What is the Internet?
Registered nonvoters site this as the most common reason that they did not vote.
What is "Being Too Busy?"
A type of poll used so that politicians can decide how to respond to issues quickly.
The term for naming those who will seek political office.
What is a Nomination?
A meeting of political party members to discuss, debate, and vote on candidates.
What is a Caucus?