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| Voter's choice is anonymous |
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| Bipartisan Campaign Reform Act of 2002 (BCRA) |
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| Upheld a federal law which limits campaign contributions (constitutional to spend own money to influence) |
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| Citizens United vs. Federal Election Commission |
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| 1st amendment prohibits government from censoring political broadcasts |
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| disadvantaged interest groups are more likely to turn to litigation (the court system) then to legislative or executive strategies |
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| Plurality rule election system tends to favor a two party system |
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| Electronic Media, ie - radio, tv, internet |
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| Elitism (theory of interest groups) |
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| real political power in the hands of the elite; closed system of interest controlled by few |
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| poll of voters immediately after they vote to get a sample of who they voted for |
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| Fairness Doctrine (and the FCC's repeal of it) |
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| Media had to give equal time to both parties - effect of repeal- explosion of talk radio shows |
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| Federal Election Campaign Act (1972 and 1974 Amendments) |
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| limits how much a candidate can spend, and limits spending on advertisements |
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| Federal Election Commission v. Wisconsin Right to life |
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| Sued over day limits regarding campaign adds |
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| getting the benefits of the interest group without contributing |
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breakdown of voting percentages of men and women- Two main things:
1. men are becoming more conservative
2. women are less likely to support force |
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| campaign contributions given directly to the candidate |
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| organized group that influences policy and shares common objectives |
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| unequal representation for a given voter |
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| listed by office, rather than party |
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| Outside vs. Inside Interest Group Strategies |
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Outside - demonstrations, strikes
Inside - Lobbying |
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| Liberal Bias - not actually found - loser bias found |
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| when voters detatch themselves from their party |
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| parties with which individuals identify themselves |
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| Major shift in political identification by voters |
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| lists of actions the party supports and presents to the general public |
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| where candidates are arranged by party on the ballot |
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| Pluralism (theory of interest groups) |
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| power divided amongst a large array of groups - groups will tend to form as a reaction to the formation of other groups |
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| Plurality Voting (or single-member plurality district voting SMPD) |
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| a single winner voting system |
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| a group that organizes to win office and they do things in government - all about politics |
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| study of how children derive their political views |
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| Primary Election (open vs. closed) |
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Open - where you can vote in either primary's party
Closed - only party members |
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| Proportional Representation |
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| Try to reproduce into a representative body of the proportions of the different parts of the constituents |
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| to push voters to forcefully in one way or another (john McCain's black child) |
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| best way to sample, everyone has an equal chance of being drawn |
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| Rational Choice (Mancur Olson's theory of interest groups) |
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| interest groups must offer incentives/benefits to gain/retain members |
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| process of drawing US electoral boundaries |
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| Reynolds v. Sims and Baker v. Carr |
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| 1st cases dealing with malapportionment and it being unconstitutional |
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| media can choose which issues are covered and presented to the public |
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| Money donated to political campaign or party |
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| Short, incredibly powerful segments of audio |
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| Unofficial ballot to test opinion |
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| Surge and Decline Hypothesis |
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| at midterm election, the current president's party loses seats in the house |
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| The first televised debates |
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| What are the agents of political socialization? Which one is the most important? |
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Media, Family, Education, Opinion Leaders, Life Events
Family is the most important |
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| What is the best predictor of vote choice? |
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| What contributes to partisan identification? |
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| What types of incentives may exist to encourage joining an interest group? |
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| Purposive, Material, Solidarity |
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| What makes up one's socioeconomic status? |
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| Income, Occupation, Education, Health |
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| How do those with lower socioeconomic status tend to vote? Those with higher socioeconomic status? |
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Lower - Liberal
Higher - Conservative |
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| What is the most important predictor of voter turnout? |
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| What are some reasons for the decline of political parties? |
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| primary system, fundraising, and length of campaign season |
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| What did Mancur Olson say about the formation of interest groups? |
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You would have to offer a material benefit in order to get people to join
Smaller interest groups keep free riders out |
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| What did Anthony Downs say about the decision to vote/abstain? |
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| If the cost outweighs the benefit of voting, you should abstain from voting |
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| What three instituions/ groups make up and iron triangle? |
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| Federal Dept. of Agriculture, House or Senate, Interest groups representing agricultrual people |
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| What Amendment protects freedom of the press? |
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| Which type of media has the most impact? |
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| What is the "race to be first" in the presidential primary system? |
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| Front-Loading - in a presidential primary, states will rush to be done voting in order to allow their results to provide as much influence as possible |
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| Which is preferred in polling and voter turnout statistics? Voting Age Population(VAP) or Voting Eligible Population (VEP)? |
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| Voting Eligible - 20 million fewer eligible than VAP |
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| What were some of the voting reforms that came about during the Progressive Era? |
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| The Secret Ballot (The Australian Ballot) - primary elections |
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| What are some Barriers to third parties in the U.S.? |
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Single plurality voting - the first past the post goes on, and the others get nothing
Electoral Rules act as barriers
Campaign Financing
Ballot Rules |
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| How many Electoral College votes are there total? |
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| How many Electoral College votes are needed to win? |
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