Voting Rights and Models of Behavior, Voter Turnout
Amendment that states citizens cannot be denied the right to vote on account of race, color or previous condition of servitude
What is the 15th amendment?
A list of beliefs and objectives
What are Party Platforms?
Organized groups with a "special interest" that serve linkage institutions
What are interest groups?
Supporters of a party elect delegates to vote for the best candidate
What is a caucus?
Began during the Progressive era with Muckrakers; expose corruption, abuse of power and social ills
What is Investigative Reporting?
Voting model based on looking back at a candidate's track record or a party's history
What is retrospective?
A demographic that votes as a "bloc" such as Hispanics, Blacks, Millennials, blue-collared workers, LBGTQ and Christians
What is a coalition?
A multitude of views that influence our democracy
What is pluralism?
The ease of a sitting president in getting the nomination for a second term
What is Incumbent Advantage Phenomenon?
Journalists who overly use early data to project election results
What is horse-race journalism?
"Set aside" ballots; allows for the verification of a voter
What are provisional ballots?
High ranking delegates who cast a vote outside of the primaries for a candidate
What are super delegates?
Competing interest groups fail to compromise, leading to the domination of the ones with more power and money
What is hyperpluralism?
Federal Elections that take place halfway through a President’s term (every House member, 1/3 of the Senate)
What are mid-term elections?
Reporters that investigate corruption or poor work and demand answers from elected officials
What are watchdogs?
The phenomenon where voters aren't concerned about politics while others feel their vote is ineffective
What is voter apathy and efficacy?
Groups like the Bull Moose Party, Populist Party, Green Party, Independent Party and Libertarian Party
What are third parties?
Bond between a Congressional Committee, Agency (Bureaucracy) alongside special interest groups
What are iron triangles?
Experts including PR, fundraiser, advertiser, social media expert, field organizer and pollster
What are professional consultants?
Unrestricted and live political radio that allows for extreme, biased views to be presented
What is talk radio?
Act that made voting more accessible, easy and accurate by changing punch-card voting to electronic; giving more options to the disabled
What is the Help American Vote Act?
Money and ballot access and the Electoral College's "Winner Take All" approach alongside single member districts
What are barriers to third party success?
An act that bans gifts (including travel-related) to Congress from lobbyists, and lobbyists must report expense details
What is the Honest Leadership and Open Government Act?
Act that banned soft money contributions to a party/candidate, limited hard money donations and limited how much an individual could donate to multiple candidates in a 2-year cycle
What is the Bipartisan Campaign Reform Act?
Regulates electronic media, content of radio, tv, wire and satellite broadcasts, also acting to prevent network ownership monopolies
What is the Federal Communications Commission?