Political Parties
Political Party Function: The Green Party chooses Jill Stein as their candidate for president.
What is Recruit and Nominate Candidates?
A group that raises money to donate to a candidate or political party
What is a Political Action Committee (PAC)?
Newspapers and radio stations can say what they want because of this protection
What is Freedom of the Press?
Favoring or only showing one side of an issue
What is Bias?
______ + ______ = # of Electors
What is Representatives + Senators
Political Party Function: The Republican Party does research on the issues that Americans care about
What is Help Candidates Win Elections?
This person observes the voting process to make sure everything is fair
What is a poll watcher?
Role of the Media: A news website publishes two articles on the same news story. One with a liberal bias, one with a conservative bias.
What is be a Platform for Different Viewpoints?
Most Americans are here on the political spectrum
What is Center/Moderate?
The number of people representing a state in Congress
What is Congressional Representation?
Political Party Function: The Democrat Party sends out a mailer listing several negative things their Republican opponent has done
What is Monitor the Actions of Officeholders?
This is happening to the cost of running for office
What is increasing/going up?
What is Hold Leaders Accountable?
Propaganda: Bad Bunny endorses a candidate running for Senate
What is Testimonial?
This means that winning by one popular vote gives you all the electoral votes
What is Winner Take All?
Political Party Function: The Libertarian and Constitution parties hold a debate and their candidates talk about what is important to them
What is Educate People about Campaign Issues?
This is a person running for office
What is a candidate?
A positive effect of social media on politics
Possible answers: information spreads quickly, young voters more involved, candidates interact directly with voters, etc.
Propaganda: "I love America and all it's diversity. Let's celebrate that!"
What is Glittering Generalities?
What is a Swing State?
A political party that is not the Democrats or the Republicans
What is a Third Party?
This kind of individual has an advantage in a campaign
What is a wealthy person/candidate?
A negative effect of social media on politics
Possible answers: misinformation spreads quickly, negative civic discourse, echo chambers, etc.
Propaganda: A candidate accuses their opponent of not caring about middle class families
What is Name Calling?
The total number of electoral votes, and the number needed to win
What is 538 and 270?