Campaign Finance
An organization formed to collect money and provide financial support for political candidates
What is a Political Action Committee (PAC)?
These are the 3 basic requirements to be eligible to vote in the United States.
What is be 18 years or older, a U.S. citizen and resident of the state you want to vote in?
This helps to determine how many representatives each state receives in the House of Representatives.
What is a census?
This is has the largest impact on a person's support for a political part.
What is parent/ family beliefs?
The means of mass communication and how information is shared through society.
What is media?
This was created in 1975 to administer the federal election laws
What is the Federal Election Commission (FEC)?
These are the 3 ways to register to vote in Pennsylvania.
What is online, by mail, in person?
This process is where each state legislature draws the boundaries for new congressional districts.
What is Redistricting?
This is a group of people who share common goals and organize to influence the government, not choose who they want for office.
What is an interest group?
Opinions favoring a particular side of an issue skew information in a way that is unfair or distorting
What is media bias?
This is a direct contribution that is limited based on regulations set out in FECA and its amendments
What is Hard Money?
This amendment states “ The right of citizens of the United States, who are eighteen years of age or older, to vote shall not be denied or abridged by the US or by any State on the account of age”
What is the 26th amendment?
The process where states would draw district boundaries that give one political party an electoral advantage. Look that map looks like a salamander!
What is Gerrymandering?
The purpose of these interest groups is to represent a specific profession, like the American Bar Association (ABA) and the American Medical Association (AMA)
What are professional?
People, organizations, and documents used in reporting
What is sourcing?
This is money that is raised by a political party for general purposes, this money cannot be designated for a candidate
What is Soft Money?
This amendment allowed for the direct election of US senators in all states.
What is the 17th amendment?
Doing this to a congressional map means dividing an opponent’s voters into other districts to weaken the opponent’s voter base.
What is cracking?
The purpose of these interest groups are to promote broad policies based on their core political and religious beliefs.
What is ideological?
These are two types of media bias?
What are partisan, demographic, corporate, neutrality, big story?
Because of this decision, super PACs can raise unlimited amounts of money from corporations, unions, and wealthy individuals as long as their spending is independent from campaigns.
What is the Citizens United decision?
This is where affirmative rights can be added to ensure citizens can vote in the United States.
What are state constitutions?
Doing this to a congressional map means drawing the lines so you can include as many of the opposing party’s voters as possible, this crowds the opposition’s voters into one district makes the remaining districts safe for the majority party’s candidates.
What is packing?
This interest group focuses on policies that affect the general public, not just their members. These groups might care about the environment, protecting consumers, education, or making the government better.
What is public?
This is a test used to determine the trustworthiness in the news. Extra 100 points for identifying each letter.
What is the CRAAP test? (Currency, Relevancy, Authority, Accuracy, Purpose)