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Political Participation

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the different ways im which individuals take action to shape the laws and policies of a government

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Political action committee

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an organization that raises money to elect and defeat candidates and may donate money directly to a candidate’s campaign, subject to limits

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What does political participation include?

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voting, calling, emailing, or using social media to contact elected officials, making their preferences known or expressing their displeasure

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Linkage Institution

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channels that connect individuals with government, including elections, political parties, interest groups, and the media

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Franchise (or Suffrage)

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the right to vote

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26th Amendment

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allows those eighteen years and older to vote

Protects right to vote based on age for all people >18 years old

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24th Amendment

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prohibits Congress and the states fro imposing poll taxes as a condition for voting in federal elections

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Poll tax

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a payment required by a state or federal government before a citizen is allowed to vote

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Voter turnout

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the number of eligible voters who participate in an election as a percentage of the total number of eligible voters

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Demographic Characteristics

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measurable characteristics of a population, such as economic status, education, age, race or ethnicity, and gender

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Socioeconomic Status (SES)

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a measure of an individual’s wealthm income, occupation, and educational attainment

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Political efficacy

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a person’s belief that they can make effective political change

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What causes a person to vote or not to vote?

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  • Demographic Characteristics
  • Socioeconomic Status
  • Political Efficacy
  • Changes in Participation as People Age
  • Racial and Ethnic Identities
  • Gender and Voter Turnout
  • Candidate Characteristics and Voter Turnout
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Political Mobilization

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efforts by political parties to encourage their members to vote

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Registration Requirements

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the set of rules that govern who can vote and how, when, and where they can vote

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Rational Choice Voting

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voting based on what a citizen believes is in their best interest

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Retrospective Voting

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voting based on an assessment of an incumbent’s past performance

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Prospective Voting

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casting a ballot for a candidate who promises to enact policies favored by the voter

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Party-line voting

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voting for candidates hwo belong only to one political party for all of the offices on the ballot

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Electoral College

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a constitutionally required process for selecting the president through slates of electors chosen in each state, who are pledged to vote for a nominee in the presidential election

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winner-take-all-system

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a system of elections in which a candidate who wins the plurality of votes within a state receives all of that state’s votes in the Electoral College

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battleground states

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a state where the polls show a close contest between the Republican and Democrartic candidate in a presidential election

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Swing State

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a state where levels of support for the parties are similar and elections swing back and forth between Democrats and Republicans

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Get out the vote (GOTV)

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efforts to mobilize supporters

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Super PAC

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an organization that may spend an unlimited amount of money on a political campaign as long as the spending is not coordinated with a campaign

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17th Amendment

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Direct election of Senators by states population (used to be chosen by state legislature) (so only extremely connected people - so super corrupt!!)

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19th Amendment

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Expand voting rights to women (After civil activism campaigns)

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24th Amendment

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Forbids either federal or state government from establishing a tax to vote (aka poll taxes)

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Rational Choice Voting

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Voting based on the perceived best interest of yourself (wealthy vote forr candidates who want lower taxes)
Not always the case ! Sometimes people vote for what they think is the good of society rather than for themselves

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Straight Ticket Voting

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Voters who vote for one particular party across the ballot
Has become increasingly common

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Structural Barriers to Voting

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  • Differences in polling hours of operatio and early voting timelines
  • Availability of absentee ballots for voters
  • Voter ID laws and specific ID requirements to vote
  • Voter registration process (online vs. in person, and deadlines)
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Other Barriers to Voting

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  • Sense of political efficacy will impact voter turnout
  • Election type; more turnout for presidential elections than midterm
  • Demographic trends (race, class, gender, etc. ) can sometimes impact coter turnout or access
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Linkage institutions

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Connect people to gov. to make preferences known or voice opinions

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Political Parties

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linkage institutions

Establish values and political preference

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Elections

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Show either support or disapproval of recent policies

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Interest Groups

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Focus and mobilize interactions with elected reps

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Media

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Frame issues and hild government accountable (watchdog)

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changing media

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  • Increased demand for political analysis and commentary
  • Media bias occurs in news outlets through framing and commentary
  • Bias impacts political opinions through ideological oreintation, reinforcing beliefs, and uncertainty of credibility
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Functions of a Political Party

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  • Mobilizes and educates voters about candidates and issues
  • Create party platforms for candidate and voter alignment
  • Recruits candidates for office (those who can win and uphold beliefs)
  • Manage electoral campaigns (inc. fundraising and media strategy)
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Political Parties and Governing

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  • Political parties : Their one goal is to get people elected
  • Support the committee and party leadership systems in legislatures
  • Set legislative agenda and pass policy when in majority
    Act as watchdog and opposition when in minority
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Canditate Centered (changes in parties)

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Candidates in charge of messaging and strategy
Party selection has been weakened over time

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Demographics (changes in parties)

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Changing policy to appeal to different groups or demographics

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Critical Elections

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realign the values among party members

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Campaign Finance

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changes in limits on donation amounts

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Data Management

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Changes in data availability for mobilization and outreach

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Winner Take All (aka “First past the post”)

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  • Only one candidate wins the election → single rep for each district
  • Winner is decided by plurality of votes
  • Favors a two party system → one will always get over 50%
  • In a winner take all system - Single Member Districts - there is a single member who can win the district
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Proportional Systems

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  • Elects multiple reps for each district and is allocated proportionally
  • Leaders selected based on which party received the most votes
  • Multi-Member Districts - multiple different members of the parties that can win different allocation and it’s proportional
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Ranked Choice Voting

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  • Winner take all, but rank candidates from least to greatest
  • If 1st choice not in top candidates then counts the second choice, etc.
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Political Party

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an organized group of party leaders, officeholders, and voters who work together to elect candidates to political office

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Recruitment

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the process through which political parties identify potential candidates
In government, elected officals work to enact their parties policies.

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Party Coalition

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groups of voters who support a political party over time

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Realignment

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when groups of people who support a political party shift their allegiance to a different political party

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Critical Election

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a major national election that signals a change in the balance of power between two parties

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Party Era

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time period when one party wins post national elections

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Era of divided government

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a trend since 1969, in which one parry controls one of boh houses of Congress and the president is from the opposing party

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Nomination

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the formal process through which parties choose their candidates for political office

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Delegate

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a person who acts as the voters’ representative at a convention to select the party’s nominee

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Primary Election

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an election in which a strate’s voters choose delegates who support a presidential candidate for nomination or an election my a plurality vote to select a party’s nominee for a seat in Congress

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Open Primary

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a primary election in which all eligible voters may vote, regardless of their party affiliation

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Closed Primary

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a primary election in which only those who have registered as a member of a political party may vote

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Caucus

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a process through which a state’s eligible votes meet to select delegates to represent their preferences in the nomination process

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Superdelegates

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usually a party leader or activist who is not pledged to a candidate based on the outcome of the state’s primary or caucus

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Front-loading

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a decision by a state to push its primary or caucus to a date as early in the election season as possible to gain more influence in the presidential nomination process

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National Convention

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a meeting where delegates officially select their party’s nominee for the presidency

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Candidate-centered

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a trend in which candidates develop their own strategies and raise money with less influence from the party elite

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Proportional representation system

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an election system for a legislature in which citizens vote for parties, rather than individuals, and parties are represented in the legislature according to the percentage of the vote they receive

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Single-member plurality system

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an election system for choosing members of the legislature where the winner is the candidate who receives the most votes, even if the candidate does not receive a majority of the votes

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Interest Groups

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  • voluntary associations of people who come together with the goal of getting policies that they favor enacted
  • Represent and advocate for a specific issue or generalized interests
  • Works to educate and influence voters, and mobilize members
  • Pressure and work with legislators and gov. agencies (Iron Triangles)
  • Advance interest through judicial cases and amicius briefs
  • Have to say - “I AM IN YOUR CONSITUENCY” yas
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Social Movements

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diffuse groups that educate the public and put pretture on policymakers in an effort to bring about societal change

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Theory of Participatory Democracy

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the belief that citizens impacy policymaking through their involvement in civil society

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Civil Society

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groups outside the government that advocate for policy

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Pluralist Theory

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a theory that political power is distributed among many competing groups, which means that no single group can grow too powerful

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Federalist No. 10

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Madison argues that the Constitution reduces the negative consequences of faction by creating a large, representative republic

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Elitist Theory

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a theory that the wealthy elite class has a disproportionate amount of economic and political power

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Policy Agenda

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the set of issues to which government officials, voters, and the public are paying attention

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Collective Action

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political action that occurs when individuals contribute their energy, time, or money to a larger group goal

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Collective Good

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also called public good; a public benefit that individuals can enjoy or profit from even if they do not achieve it

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Free Riders

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individuals who enjoy collective goods and benefit from the actions of an interest group without joining q

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Selective Benefits

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Selective benefits - benefits available only to those who join the group

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Economic Interest Groups

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groups advocating on behalf of the financial interests of their members

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Public interest groups

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groups that act on behalf of the collective interests of a broad group of individuals

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Single-issue groups

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associations focusing on one specific area of public policy, often a moral issue about which they are unwilling to compromise

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Government Interest Groups

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organizations acting on behalf of local, state, or foreign governments

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Lobbying

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interacting with government officials in order to advance a group’s public policy goals

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Revolving Door

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the movement of individuals between positions in government and lobbying positions

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Amicus Curiae Brief

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a brief filed by someone who is not a party to a case in an attempt to persuade the Court to agree with the agruments set forth in the brief

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Iron Triangle

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the coordinated and mutually beneficial activities of the bureaucracy, Congress, and interest groups to achieve shared policy goals

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Issue Network

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the webs of influence between interest groups, polcy makers, and policy advocates

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Grassroots Lobbying

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mobilizing interest group members to pressure their representatives
Cherub Rock - the smashing pumpkins (Siamese Dream)

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Large Group (interest group)

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More members and financial contributions to mobilize

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Small group (interest group)

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Infrequent access to influential or wealthy members

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Social Movements (interest group)

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Advocate for specific policy changes

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Military (interest group)

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Advocate for national security policy and defense spending

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Bureaucracy (interest group)

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Advocate for specific laws to address individual ppolicy areas

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Policy Making (impact of interest group)

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Influence legislators and bureaucratic rule making

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Elections (impact of interest group)

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Support candidates financially or through endorsement

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Public Opinion (impact of interest group)

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Change public opinion on topics → elections or changing party platforms

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Incumbency Advantage ( + Franking Privilege)

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  • Current office holders (incumbents) are more likely to be reelected
  • Incumbents : current office holders / people already in office
  • Possess more name recognition, seniority, and experience
  • Constituent services offer service and hlp to the public
  • Franking Privilege: Allowed to send mail for free to constituents
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Presidential Election

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Choices associated with presidential candidates

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Mid-Term Election

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lower voter turnout, but seen as referendum on president’s actions

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Closed Primary

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only members of the politicaal party can vote

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Open Primary

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open to all registered voters (cross voting)

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Caucus

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  • debate/discuss candidates (delegates assigned based on vote)
  • Early primary states have impact on momentum (Iowa and New Hampshire)
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General Elections

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  • Election between the candidates of various political parties
  • Selection on a single election day by all registered voters
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Party National Convention

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  • Party delegates (won during primaries/caucus) endorse the candidate they are pledged to → contested if no wine with over 50%
  • Candidate accepts the nomination of the party and selects a vice president running mate
  • Outlines the key ideas and goals of the party and campaign
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Electoral College

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  • Designed to balance interest of small and large states in election
  • Each state’s electors = congressional representation
  • Not required to vote for the states elected winner (changing)
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Professional Campaign Consultants

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  • help craft messaging and strategy for winning elections
  • Experience in marketing or career in political campainging
  • Shiv roy succession omg
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Social Media

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Increased use for advertisements and fundraising
Use of data collection for targeting ads and outreach

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Cost and Duration of campaigns

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  • Increasing duration of campaigns → beginning earlier
  • Increased costs of campaigning (increase in PAC money and ads
  • $14.4 billion spent collectively on 2020 presidential election
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Purpose and Techniques of Political Ads

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  • Increase awareness of candidate, policies, or perspectives
  • Attempts to appeal to key demographics (class, race, ethnicity, etc.)
  • Can be paid for by candidate’s campaign or political action committees (PACs) - have disclaimer and cannot coordinate
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Evolving Delivery of Political Ads

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  • Radio/News: Aired political debates or speeches by elected officials
  • TV: Ads paid for by campagins or PACs (political action committees) to mass markets
  • Social Media: Targeted ads using individual date for outreach and fundraising
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Agenda Setting

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the media’s ability ot highlight certain issues and bring them to the attention of the public

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Mass Media

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sources of information designed to reach a wide audience, including newspapers, radio, television, and internet outlets

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Wire Service

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an organization that gathers and reports on news and that sells the stories to other outlets

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Investigative Journalism

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an approach to newsgathering in which reporters dig into stories, often looking for instances of wrongdoing

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Broadcast Media

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outlets for news and other content including radio and television that bring stories directly into people’s homes

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Media Consolidation

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the concentration of ownership of the media into fewer corporations
Some efforts to regulate the news media have been focused on ownership; other have focused on content

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The Radio Act of 1927

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established the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) and required broadcasters to obtain licenses

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The Telecommunications Act of 1996

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modified regulations on media owernshp and led to a period of consolidation

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Partisan Bias

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the slatning of political news coverage in support of a particular political party or ideology

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Horse-race jouralism

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coverage of political campaigns that focuses more on the drama of the campaign than on policy issues

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Hard Money

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  • Given to a campaign (federal limits monitored by the FEC)
  • May come from individuals or PACs
  • Can be used directly by campaign
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Soft Money

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  • Indirect contributions to political party or PACs
  • No limits for amounts recieved or used
  • Can’t be directly linked to or coordinated with the official candidate’s campaign
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Tillman Act 1907

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Prohibited by any campaign contributions by corporations for candidates in federal office

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Federal Election Campaign Act 1971

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Created contribution limits
Limits for dindividuals and PACs → monitored by FEC

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Bipartisan Campaign Reform Act (aka McCain - Feingold)

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  • Required to “stand by your ad” provision →requires candidates and organizations to acknowledge their approval of ad
  • Banned independent expenditures for election communications that mention candidates name by corporations and unions (near election)
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Buckley v Valeo

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  • Upheld contribution limits from outsiders (prevent corruption)
  • Ruled that independent expenditures by individuals for campaigns is protected by first amendment
  • Defined money as part of expression efforts and protected as speech
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Caperton v. Massey

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  • Requires judges to recuse (remove) themselves if there is a high actual risk of bias
  • Actual risk of bias occurs when a judge has a “direct, personal, substantial, pecuniary interest” in solving the case
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Citizens United v. FEC

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The Citizens United decision expanded the Supreme Court’s protection of free speech to cover political speech by corporations, including campaign advertising.

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