Campaign Finance Laws
5000 dollars
what is the cash limit on PACS
National Rifles Association
What is the NRA?
Free Press
the right to give out information or express opinions on political or other ideologies is what?
Obama did not use the Presidential Fund.
What is it that Obama did in the 2012 election to help him get an edge on Romney?
Advertising
what is it called when candidates get their political beliefs and agendas out there using television, social media, news etc.
Political donations are given to the party that can avoid government regulations.
What is soft money?
AFL-CIO
A labor union that represents over 12 million Americans?
Agenda setting
what is it called when whatever the media chooses to talk about is the information that people receive?
how many times was FECA tried for?
Media Events
what event is it that candidates stage primarily for the purpose of being covered or often scripted and limited in what they will report?
Money is given directly to candidates where limits and regulations apply
What is Hard money?
Bring lawsuits against the government, Make donations to candidates, Influence lawmakers, Advertise issues on social media.
What do Interest groups do?
Agenda Cutting
what is it when the media chooses not to talk about it, then people are generally uninformed about the issue?
Buckley vs. Valeo
was a landmark decision of the US Supreme Court on campaign finance in 1976?
Horse-Race Coverage
what is it called when the reporter focuses on the candidate's polling rate and public perception?
Its purpose is to oversee and enforce campaign finance regulations
the purpose of the FEC?
National Association for the Advancement of Colored People
what interest group helped to end racial lynching and segregation
Media bias
the belief that media has a conservative or liberal bias is called?
FECA (1971)
what act regulated the financing of federal election campaigns?
Sound Bites
what is a 30 second sound clip used on TV to convey the message of an entire speech?
Gives wealthy people/groups an unfair advantage in electing candidates they support, Impacts who votes, Impacts the information voters get about candidates,
How does money influence Democracy?
one works to get candidates elected, the other works to get laws passed
What's the difference between political parties and interest groups?
Staging, spinning, and leaking
what three main ways do politicians influence the media?
the Tillman Act (1907)
What was the first campaign finance law in the United States?
Watchdog
what are the people called that watch the government and makes sure that the government is serving the public’s interest and conveys their findings back to the people?