Amendments
Funding
Pre Election
Behind the scene
Election Legislation
200
What's the correlation between the 15th and 19th Amendment?
What is expanded voting rights
200
Whats the difference between PACs and Super Pacs?
What is
Pacs have limited money, and can go directly to the candidate
Super Pacs can spend unlimited money, but cannot go directly to the candidate
200
When party members meet to nominate a candidate for office it is a?
What is a Caucus
200
Interest groups use this to raise and spend money on election campaigns?
What is a PAC (Political Action Committees)
200
How do free riders benefit from interest groups?
What is they enjoy the public goods and policy outcomes that interest groups secure, without paying dues or contributing effort
400
The 26th amendment lowers the voting age to 18, due to conflicts in the Vietnam War, what's the argument for the amendment?
What is if were old enough to die for the country, we are old enough to vote.
400
What is soft money?
What is money given without clear direction on what to spend it on
400
Can someone who is an independent vote in a closed primary?
What is No
400
The difference between an interest group and a political party is that interest groups involve in ______ matters, while political parties involve in _____ matters.
What is Narrow ; broader
400
How does citizens united and federalist 10 correlate to each other?
What is they both argue for limited government
600
What act goes along with the 24 amendment?
What is the Voting rights act of 1965
600
How did Citizens united change the how corporations and union are to be perceived?
What is they are to be seen as individuals
600
How does Horse race journalism create a disadvantage in the pre Election?
What is it focuses on the race rather than the political issues
600
A senator has been in office for 2 terms and is now running for his 3 in a midterm election. Why might he have an advantage in this election?
What is he is an incumbent
600
What part of BICRA did Citizen United strike down?
What is not allowed to broadcasting ads 60 days before an election
800
How does the 17th Amendment satisfy the fear presented in the argument made by Brutus 1?
What is more power to the states.
800
Why might a candidate desire a PAC over a super PAC?
What is Pacs money can contribute directly to the candidate
800
The 2 major party system was designed to produce stability, but it can cause _____, which may pause an election
What is a gridlock
800
What law is in place to protect former colleagues from exploitation of lobbyists?
What is Revolving door restrictions
800
How might Brutus 1 fall along with the ruling of Citizens united?
What is it gives more power to the people and provides limited government
1000
How does this cartoon establish a change in political viewpoints in regard to voting and campaigning
What is it changed campaigning and it brought differing ideas
1000
- How do large individual contributions and unlimited donations to Super PACs create a "transactional" environment that favors special interests over average voters?
What is Policy and law are more likely to favor those these donors over the average voter
1000
What type of challenges do campaigners face due to social media presence?
What is the spread of mis information and more money over a broader platform
1000
What type of lobbying do lobbyists invoke a call to action to their representees?
What is Grassroots lobbying
1000
How do contemporary requirements for paid government IDs (like passports or birth certificates) act as modern-day poll taxes?
What is the still require payment, which keeps people from voting