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Valence issue

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An issue about which the public is united and rival candidates or political parties adopt similar positions in hopes that each will be thought to best represent the widely shared beliefs

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Which law closed loopholes in soft money and independent expenditures

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BCRA

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What court case states that a corporation is a person and has freedom of speech just like a person

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Citizens united v FEC

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Result of the federal elections campaign act

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Limited individual and pac donations

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Each party determines their official presidential candidate at the

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National convention

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Supreme court case that spending money is a freedom of speech

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Buckley v Valeo

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Caucus

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In this format voters organize regionally by party and hold a public vote for which candidate they want to represent their party

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America’s earliest party system developed over political difference between

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Jefferson and Hamilton

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What can super pacs not do

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Donate directly to political candidate

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What is limited money you can give to candidate

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2000

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26 amendment

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Anyone over 18 can vote

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What is the secret state wide ballot vote

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Primary

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Groups of voters change their usual patterns of party loyalty

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Critical elections

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Increasing public attention to specific problems is a core feature of the media’s — power

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Agenda setting power

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What event signaled the rebuplican party’s rise to power

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Civil war

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What case helped create the soft money loophole of campaign donations

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Buckley v valeo

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McCain feingold

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Banned soft money restricted so called issue ads increased contribution limits

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FECA 1971

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Candidates must disclose source of contributions to campaigns

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1974 FEC Created to

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Administer and enforce campaign finance laws

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Under FECA laws organizations could establish

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PACs

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PACs

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Which are private organizations created to elect or oppose political candidates in order to promote legislation that the organization is interested in

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FECA limitations

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Individuals 1000 limit
Labor unions and corporations prohibit spending money on campaigns but they could create pacs of 50 that can’t donate more than 5000 to candidate and 15000 a year to election

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Minor parties can receive federal funding if party won

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5% last election

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No federal funding Ever for

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Congressional candidate s

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FECA led to distinction between

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Hard and soft money

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BCRA or McCain feingold bill

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Banned soft money to political parties
Individuals 2000$
Parties from 20,000 to 25000
Banned issue ads 60 days prior to election

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BCRA upeld by court decision

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McConely v FEC

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527 organization s

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Unlimited expenditures
IRS code designation that raises and spends money to advance political causes
Can’t coordinate with candidate

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Three components of party

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Party in gov
Party in electorate
Party organizations

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Functions of political parties

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Nominate candidates
Raise spend campaign funds
Register voters
Simplify decisions

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Advantage to two party

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Keeps it simple

Simplify decision

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Critical election

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An electoral earthquake where new issues emerge New coalitions replace old ones and majority party is often displaced by minority

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New deal coalition voters

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Voters for FDR

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Realignment

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Happens as a result of a critical election, voting trends shift or realign with opposing party

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Difference between SIG and party

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Party is broad many policies

SIG narrow, one policy

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Retrospective

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Based off history

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Prospective

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Based on what a candidate pledges to do

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Free rider

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Someone who benefits without participation fully

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Gatekeeper media

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Media decides what is newsworthy

Can cause government to act on certain issues

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Score keeper

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Media judges successes and failures of gov, horse race journalism focus on polling

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Watch dog

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Media exposes what govmay want to keep hidden

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Super pacs

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May raise and spend unlimited sums of money in order to advocate for or against political candidates
Can’t donate directly to candidate

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SIGS and candidates have what to record their money

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PACS

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Citizens v FEC

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Created super pacs

Can’t coordinate with campaign

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Power elite theory

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Small super wealthy group dominates public policy

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Pluralist

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No one single groups good, pool together, agree with paper 51,

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Hyper pluralist

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Criticism too many special interest groups, bad policy,

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Way sigs use

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Campaign donations
Votes
Litigation- file suits

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Minor party’s play what role

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Spoiler

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Single member district

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Winner take all House

This is why third party doesn’t get into house

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How are other counties different

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They use proportional allocation for voting

52
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AARP

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American association of retired people

Baby boom

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Informal amendment example

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Two party System

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First two political parties

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fed va antifed

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First dem pres

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Andrew Jackson

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Modern republican

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Lincoln

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1932 realignment

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AA Brought into Democrat for new deal

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1969 realignment

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Civil rights law passed, Democrats pushed civil rights

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1970s

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Hippie gen

Social issues

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Order of elections

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Iowa caucus
New hand hire primary
Pluto ty election
Majority election

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If win ÍA OR NH what do win and wheee do go

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Bounce, money momentum media

Take state delegates to party presidential nominating convention

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General election

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Ties after first Monday in November

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Need what to win general election

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538 need 270

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Caucuses

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Select delegates for national convention
Vote discuss debate
Interactive

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Primary

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Statewide voting
Private casting ballot
Quiet
Can vote for any candidate regardless of affiliation

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Biggest difference between caucus and primary

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Time, caucus takes longer

67
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Super Tuesday

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March, manu states have their primary’s that day

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1828

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Second realigning, Andreea Jackson, tried to have all power

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Whig party

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Fight Jackson

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1850

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Great divide, wedge issues

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Free soil party

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Northern dems

Nominated Abraham and

72
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1896

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Bank runs and panic

73
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1890-1930

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Era of reform

Progressives try to abolish political parties

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