Voting Rights Amendments
Political Parties
Interest Groups
Elections
Media
100

The amendment that gives women the right to vote

What is the 19th amendment?

100

Voting based on what is perceived to be in the citizen's individual interest

What is rational choice voting?

100

Individuals who enjoy collective goods and benefits from the actions of an interest group without joining

What is a free rider?

100

A type of independent political action committee which may raise unlimited sums of money from corporations, unions, and individuals but is not permitted to contribute to or coordinate directly with parties or candidates

What is a Super PAC?
100

The power of the media to bring public attention to particular issues and problems

What is agenda setting?

200

The amendment that guarantees voting rights regardless of race

What is the 15th amendment?

200

A party that attempts to challenge one of the major political parties

What is a third party?

200

Interacting with government officials in order to advance a group's public policy goals

What is lobbying?

200

An election where new coalitions of voters have formed, beginning a new party era

What is a critical election?

DOUBLE JEOPARDY

200

The use of detective-like reporting methods to unearth scandals

What is investigative journalism?

300

The amendment that lowered the voting age to 18

What is the 26th amendment?

300

An elected official who is already in office is running for reelection and has an advantage over their challenger

What is an incumbent?

300

The three-way alliance among legislators, bureaucrats, and interest groups to make or preserve policies that benefit their respective interests

What is an iron triangle?

DOUBLE JEOPARDY

300

Piece of legislation that regulated campaign finance by limiting the ability of corporations and unions to spend their general treasury funds on election communications

What is the Bipartisan Campaign Reform Act (BRCA) of 2002?

300

Election coverage by the mass media that focuses on which candidate is ahead rather than on national issues

What is horse race journalism?

400

The amendment that allows citizens to directly elect senators

What is the 17th amendment?

DOUBLE JEOPARDY

400

A trend in campaigning in which candidates develop their own strategies and raise money with less influence from the party elite

What is a candidate-centered campaign?

400

The tendency of public officials, journalists, and lobbyists to move between public and private sector (media, lobbying) jobs

What is revolving door?

400

An election for a presidential nominee in which only registered members of a particular political party can vote

What is a closed primary?

400

Sources of information designed to reach a wide audience, including newspapers, radio, television, and internet outlets

What is the mass media?

500

The amendment that eliminated poll tax

What is the 24th amendment?

500

An election system for choosing members of the legislature where the winner is the candidate who receives the most votes, even if the candidate does not receive a majority of the votes

What is a single-member plurality system or a winner-takes-all system?

500

Interest groups use these four tactics to influence government

What are electioneering, litigation, lobbying, and legislation?
500

Supreme Court case that determined corporations and other outside groups can spend unlimited money on elections

What is Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission (2010)?

500

The concentration of ownership of the media into fewer corporations

What is media consolidation?