Voting & Voter Behavior
This amendment gave women the right to vote.
What is the 19th Amendment?
National conventions are where this list of beliefs and objectives is created.
What is the party platform?
The relationship among Congress, bureaucracy, and interest groups.
What is an iron triangle?
Elections held halfway through a president’s term.
What are midterm elections?
Journalism that focuses on polling and who’s “ahead” in an election.
What is horse-race journalism?
Citizens of Washington D.C. gained presidential electors through this amendment.
What is the 23rd Amendment?
The Democratic National Committee and Republican National Committee together represent this type of linkage institution.
What are political parties?
Lobbyists who leave government to work for special interests illustrate this “door.”
What is the revolving door?
The number of electoral votes required to win the presidency.
What is 270?
Reporters who investigate government wrongdoing act in this watchdog role.
What is investigative reporting / watchdog journalism?
This voting model looks at a candidate’s past performance.
What is retrospective voting?
This 1968 Democratic reform gave non-elites more say in party conventions.
What is the McGovern-Fraser Commission?
The 2007 law banning gifts to Congress from lobbyists.
What is the Honest Leadership and Open Government Act?
The advantage enjoyed by current officeholders in reelection campaigns.
What is incumbency advantage?
The federal agency that regulates TV, radio, and satellite broadcasts.
What is the Federal Communications Commission (FCC)?
The 1993 law that allowed voter registration at the DMV.
What is the National Voter Registration Act (“Motor Voter Law”)?
Term for when one party controls Congress and another the White House.
What is divided government?
The tendency of members to benefit without contributing to group efforts.
What is the free-rider problem?
The Supreme Court case that created Super PACs.
What is Citizens United v. FEC (2010)?
When consumers choose media that confirms their beliefs.
What is confirmation bias?
This 2002 act modernized punch-card systems into electronic voting and increased accessibility.
What is the Help America Vote Act?
Minor parties that break away from major ones are called this.
What are splinter parties?
Organized groups with shared concerns that link people to government.
What are interest groups?
This 1974 law established the FEC and limited campaign contributions.
What is the Federal Election Campaign Act (FECA)?
The former rule that required broadcasters to air opposing viewpoints.
What was the Fairness Doctrine?