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Exam 3 Flashcards

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General Election

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Election in which voters choose their elected officials

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Primary Election

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Election in which voters select the candidates who will run on the party label for the general election

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Incumbency Advantage

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The advantage an elected official who already holds a position has

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Wesberry V Sanders

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Rules that congressional districts should have roughly equal populations if this is feasible (1964)

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Karcher V Daggett

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(1983) Ruled Gerrymandering was against the constitution even if the populations were similar since it was not in good faith

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Shaw V Reno

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(1983) Ruled that redistricting on the basis or race alone was not sufficient if done beyond a reasonable amount

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Shelby County V Holder

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(2013) Ruled that section 4 of the voting rights act was unconstitutional. Ruled that the formulae to determine which districts were subject to pre clearance was wrong. Made it easier to make it harder for minorities to vote

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Safe Seat

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Seat in congress held reliably by a party

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Open Seat

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An election for a position in congress without an incumbent running

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Negativity

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A campaign strategy telling voters why they should not vote for the opponent by highlighting information that raises doubts

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Microtargeting

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Using detailed info on certain groups in order to specifically target them

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Valence Issues

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Issues that are widely supported and unlikely to differ among candidates

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Position Issues

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Political issues that offer specific policy choices and offen differentiate candidates views and plans of action

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Wedge Issues

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Divisive issues focused on a particular group that candidates use to gain support by taking votes away from their opponents

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Reapportionment

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Redistribution of sears in House of Reps based in population changes

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Redistricting

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Redrawing district lines in order to keep populations similar

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Gerrymandering

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The redrawing of districts for political purposes

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Reverion to the Mean

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If candidates are becoming polarized the ones who will do best are those who appeal most to the middle

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Vanishing Marginals

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Trend marking decline of competitive congressional elections

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Coattail Effect

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A popular president or candidate boosting votes for others in their party

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Presidential penalty

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President’s party does poor in mid terms because people take out their dissatisfaction

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Surge and Decline

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The difference in turnout in presidential elections vs congressional or midterm elections

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Hillstyle

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The way a member represents or gives back to their district from DC

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Homestyle

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The way a legislator reps their district when they are in it

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Strategic Politician Hypothesis

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Effect that the strength of econ and pop of pres have on decision to run for congredd

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Public Opinion

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Aggregate of attitudes about certain issues or officals

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Voting Public

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The people of the public who vote

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Issue Public

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Members of the public who focus on one issue

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Religiosity

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Having strong religious feelings or belief

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Religious Saliency

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The importance of religion in one’s life

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Confidence Interval

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A statistical range that takes random error into account

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Representative Sample

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Method of selection that allows a sample to be a reflection of the entire population

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Random Sample

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Method of selection that gives everyone who might be selected an equal chance to participate

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Self Interest

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Concern for one’s own advantage and well being

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Rationality

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Acting in a way consistent with one’s self interest

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Levels of Conceptualization

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Measure of how ideologically coherent individuals are in their political evaluations

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Political Socialization

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Process by which individuals learn and internalize their own political perception

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Gender Gap

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Difference in attitude between men and women

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Socializing Agents

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Combo of social groups and institutions that provide the experiences of socialization

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Political Trust

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Extent people believe the gov acts in their best interests

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Tracking Polls

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Polls that gauge changes in opinion of the dame sample size over a period of timr

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Exit Polls

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Polls that sample voters immediately after voting to try and predict election results before all votes are counted

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Push Polls

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Polls designed to manipulate those being polled

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Nonattitudes

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A source of error when people give an opinion on something when they don’t have an opinion or are uninformed

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Polarization

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Condition in which differences between parties or public are so stark that disagreement breaks out

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Indoctrination thesis

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Teaching someone to accept beliefs without questioning them

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Enlightenment Theory

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Reason is the primary source of authority and legitimacy

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Exposure Thesis

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Exposure to new ideas may change your way of thinking

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Generational Effect

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Major events that change an entire generation’s perceptions about events (9/11)

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Life Cycle Effect

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The idea that your views change as your progress through different stages in life

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Mass Media

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News sources such as newspapers, tele, radio and internet. Purpose is to provide a large audience with info

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News Media

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Subset of mass media that reports the news, gathered and supported by journalists

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Watchdog

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Role of press in monitoring gov actions

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Framing

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The ability of the media to influence perception about a certain issue by constructing the discussion a certain way (how it is presented)

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Agenda Setting

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Ability of media to affect the way people view issues by controlling which stories are shown

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Priming

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The process where the media influenced the criteria the public uses to make decisions (what is presented)

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Media Consolidation

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Media being owned by large groups

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Ideological Bias

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Bias that is influenced by the ideology of the presenters

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Selective Perception

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Process where partisans perceive the same information differently

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Selective Exposure

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The choice to only listen to sources they agree with

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Minimal Effects Model

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View of media impact as minimal as most people seek news to reinforce beliefs

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Not so minimal effects model

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View of the media’s impact ad substantial

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Sound bite

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A short audio snippet from a recorded interview

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Horse Race Coverage

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Focusing on polling data and perception rather than policy, only focuses on differences

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Pack Journalism

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When reporters from different outlets collab to cover the same story

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Hard News

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Political news that is more fact based

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Soft News

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Journalism that blurs line between information and entertainment

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Personalization Bias

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Tendency to down play social, econ and polit developments to focus on the human trials

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Dramatization Bias

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News stories that can be easily dramatized into simple stories

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Fragmentation Bias

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Isolation of stories so that it becomes harder to see the bigger picture

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Politics as a Game

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Focusing on winners and losers rather than substance

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Uncontrolled Media

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Media not under control of an organization

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Controlled Media

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Media controlled by an organization

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Selection Bias

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When the people included in a study are not an accurate representation of the whole population

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Commercial Bias

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Information presented in a manner that attempts to sway opinion in favor of a commercial business

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