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Interest groups give money to candidates primarily for this reason.Your text

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They hope to influence legislation.

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Open Primary

This is the type of Primary that allows independents to them to vote for candidates from any one party.

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During February and March scheduling of presidential primary elections occur early what is this called?

Front Loading

Elections- $400When a presidential nominee chooses a vice presidential running mate who has different qualities in order to attract more votes for the ticket.

Balancing the ticket

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This usually happens only in Iowaduring election year.

Caucus, a private meeting of partyleaders to choose candidates for office.

Court CasesCourt Cases - $100

This court case is known as the“One man, One vote”

Baker v. Carr (1962)

Court Cases- $200This case protects campaign spending,legislatures can limit contributions, butnot how much one spends of his own money on campaigns.

Buckley v. Valeo (1976)

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This case used the 14th Amendment’sEqual protection clause to stop the Florida recount in the election of 2000.

Bush v. Gore (2000)

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No racial gerrymandering; race cannotbe the sole or predominant factor in redrawing legislative boundaries; majority-minority districts.

Citizens United v. Shaw

Court Cases- $500Established national supremacy; established implied powers; use of elastic clause; state unable to tax fed. Institution; John Marshall; “the power to tax involves the power to destroy.” 

McCulloch v. Maryland (1819)

McCulloch v. Maryland (1819)

McCulloch v. Maryland (1819)

Political Parties- $100

Republican Party

This party is socially conservative And economically neoliberal.

Political Parties- $200Supporters of this party are more likely to be concerned with civil rights issues, stronger government regulation in business, social support networks for people who need assistance and are more likely to think that government should be involved..

Democrat Party

Political Parties- $300Political parties serve which of the followingfunctions in the U.S.?A.Informing the public about political partiesB.Mobilizing voters and getting them to the pollsC.Organizing diverse interest within societyD.Establishing the rules governing financial contributions in political candidates

A, B, & C

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List the five major responsibilities of political parties.

1. Nominate Candidates2. Informing and activating supporters3. Governing 4. Acting as watchdog5. Act as a linkage institution

Political Parties- $500Which of the following is the most accurate statement about political parties in the United States? A) Parties increasingly identify themselves with coherent ideologies to attract large blocks of voters. B) The percentage of voters identifying themselves as either Democrats or Republicans has been declining since the 1970's.C) National party organizations are generally the strongest party organizations. D) It is increasingly difficult for third parties to gain more than two percent of the popular vote. E) Most candidates prefer to run as independents rather than Democrats or Republicans

B. The percentage of voters identifying themselves as either Democrats or Republicans has been declining since the 1970's.

Congressional Committees- $100

Powerful House body that decidesthe terms under which bills are heard, amended, and debated.

Rules Committee

Congressional Committees- $200The committees of congress that are thepermanent committees that considerbills and conduct hearings and investigations.

Standing Committees

Congressional Committees- $300

Committees made up of membersin both houses of Congress to deal with matters of mutual concern.

Joint Committees

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Temporary congressional committees made up of senators and representativeswho try to reach an agreement on different versions of a bill.

Conference Committees

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This is the practice of giving leadership of committees to members of Congresswith the most years served.

Seniority System

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What are 527 organizations?

A tax-exempt organization that promotes a political agenda, although it cannot expressly advocate for or against a specific candidate. The term is generally used to refer to political organizations that are not regulated by the Federal Election Commission (FEC), and are not subject to the same contribution limits as PACs. They avoid FEC regulation because these groups are "political organizations" but are not registered as "political committees" subject to campaign finance law contribution limits.

Interest Groups- $200

A committee that helps raise campaign funds. Certain restrictions apply to these: they must raise money from at least 50 contributors; they must donate to at least five different candidates; they may not donate more than $5,000 per year to any single candidate nor more than $15,000 to a national party per year. Corporate, union, and trade types of this group must raise money from employees and members and may not simply draw it from their treasuries.

What are Political Action Committees?

- $300In the process of attempting to influence politics and policy, interest groups. (name 5 things)

-organize individuals with similar interests-inform the public and elected officials-organize electoral competition-organize government-link the state and local political system to the national political system

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The Federal Election Campaign Act of 1974 did what?

An act that allows corporations, unions, and trade associations to form political action committees (PACs) as a means of raising campaign funds

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What is a free rider? Why do free riderscreate problems? Free riders are people who benefit from the work of an interest group without actually contributing to the group’s efforts. Many people do not feel the need to help interest groups—particularly noneconomic interest groups—when they know that they will benefit from the group’s activities regardless of their input.

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What is a sound bite?

A short, pithy comment that is likely to attract media Attention, Ex. Ronald Reagan saying, “ A recession is when your neighbor losses his job, a depression is when You lose your job, and recovery ix when Jimmy Carter Loses his job.

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What is selective exposure?

The practice of selectively choosing mediasources which are in harmony with one’s own beliefs.

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What is feeding frenzy?

It’s the media “attack” when they sense wrongDoing or scandal in government, and devote Great amounts of coverage to such stories.

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What is the iron triangle?

An informal association of federal agency, congressional committee, and interest groupthat is said to have heavy influence over policy making.

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What is devolution?

Transfer of power from a central government to state or local governments emphasizes less interferences from central government.