Chapter 12
This amendment guaranteed the woman´s right to vote.
What is the 19th Amendment?
This political party believes in laissez-faire economic regulations
What is the Republican Party?
The court case that dealt with the political action committees as seen in the documentary we watched
What is Citizens United V. Fec (2010)?
The Practice of applying pressure to influence government
What is lobbying?
The role of the media in American Politics
What is to keep the public informed and to expose any corruption?
The line of reasoning where a person votes based on a candidate´s track record.
This voting model where a candidate wins the office by garnering the most votes.
What is Single-Member Districts?
The procedure that can repeal an unpopular law
What is a referendum?
This type of interest group has helped achieve the 40 hour work week
What are labour groups?
The practice where news writers write about stories that they believe their viewers would find interesting
What is consumer-driven media?
The amendment that made senators directly elected rather than elected by state legislatures.
What is the 17th Amendment?
A state that tends to not have one party dominate its elections is known as this
What is a swing state?
A group of citizens form to create a law into writing is known as what?
What is an initiative?
A type of lobbying group that focuses primarily on a singular topic.
What are single interest groups?
As media content has increased in demand, more and more specialized political news outlets have came out for their intended audiences, this concept is an example of
What is narrowcasting?
This voting block overwhelmingly votes democrat.
What is African Americans?
A party that is formed to oppose certain business dealings is called a
Economic Protest Party
The phenomenon where the candidate up for reelection tends to win their elections
What is the incumbent advantage phenomenon?
The white collar work equivalent of labour groups
What are professional assosciations?
This type of journalism occurs when reporters find ways to discuss poll results during election season.
What is horse-race journalism?
This Act imposes requirements on states that created a national standard for election and voting management.
What is the Help America Vote Act (HAVA)?
A third party that forms from one of the major political parties is known as a
What is a splinter party?
The network of donors that donate heavily to a candidate
What is a political action committee?
Critics of these groups refer to the money they receive as ¨dark money¨
What are Super PACs?
The government agency that regulates electronic media
What is the Federal Communications Commission?