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36 Cards in this Set
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What is an intrest group
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Organize groups more effective
an formaly organized association that seeks to influence public policy aarp James Madison did not agree with him -benefits they seek could hurt others seek to use their power to protect themselves |
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Public intrest groups differnt from other groups
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Public intrest groups we disinguished from other intrest groups by wide spread benefits of their polices
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History of IG in
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power and promidce of IG devolped partialy in response to decline organization strength of traditional political
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Bounus Army
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Marched on Wash Dc. to demand benefits from the fed gov it was vertrans of ww1
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Which type of IG spend the most money
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Buisness groups spends the greatest amount of money on lobbing expenses
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WHy ppl join an IG
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ppl join an IG promise to offer them discounts on certain servies are responding material incentives
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Tatic used most by IG
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Testify at Nearings
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Describe a lobblist
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Paid professionals, many congressmen leave profession to become lobbylist (15,000 lobbyist in natinoal capitail
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What is soft money
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Generally consit of large contributions
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What is microtargeting
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Practice used by poltical stragests that intrests pointal suppertors by learning consumer habitis and buying preefences aids
-south man talkes to other ppl about nascar example in obama |
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Define political partys
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are organization that were created for purpose of winning elections and governs once in office
Andrew jackson/martian van bueren- first to build mass political party |
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Purpose of political machine
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Strong party orginzation that memebers control by exchanging votes for favors
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What is the smallest level of a political organization
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precednt
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what did the intro of civil service do?
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marit because system of emplpyment and managment, it replaced patronage- trading favor for votes
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WHat is the signifance of thrid parties
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sometimes acts as spoliers by drawing voters away from of the candiates in a tight election.
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Describe primaries
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some states insit that candiates recieve majority of votes not just a pluraity and require run off elections if no gaines a majority.
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is the media biased
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2007 found study news coverage by the major networks of presdential candiates was some time biased
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do candidates exploit the media
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yes, canidates often appear at rallies where the crowd been prescreened for supporters
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how did lincoln handle the media
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as pres. during the civil war lincoln censor war related news and imprisoned editiors. Felt that editors gave away miltary secerts
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how does the midea cover the supreme court
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when press covers the sc it is usally to descrbie idological divisons among the court and to identidy which justices are winning or losing on a particular issue
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what are the current trends regarding the media
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newspapper readership has decline drasticly over the past several decades
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who are the most admired tv journalists
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1.John Stewart (Daily Show)
2.Dan Rather (Cbs) 3. Brian Williams (nbc) 4.Tom Brorkaw (nbc) |
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what was the signifance ofof bucley v. valeo
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IG argues that the rights to spend money on political contributionsand expenditves were a protected form of free speech
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What do pacs support
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labor pacs tend to favor demorcrats
engery pac tend to favor the (gop) rep Pharmasutical pacs tend to favor the gop Trail lawyers tend to favor the dem |
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Grassroots Mobilization
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Intrest groups have a vested intrest in demonstrating that they represnt a large widespread base
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Political Protests
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Protests usally rise in response to issues that arouse a great deal of emotion
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which group tends to support gop
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white protestand who regualry attend church are likey to case their vote for the the rep party
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what is Prospective voting
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PV for a canidate is choosing w. an toward what the canidate says he or she will do if elected
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How do citizens tend to vote
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voters tend to support canidates w whom they can identify personally
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What was the Significant part about participation in 2008
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-excitement generated by the canidates themselves
-clear choices presented an substantial issues -the emergence of memebers of the millenial genration political actors -the parties extensive effects to mobilize voters |
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What was the signifance of the nixion/kendy debate
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The televisws kwnnwsy od 1960 revealed that the visual apperance of the canidates effects views and assment of their charasterstics
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What sports metapohor is oftern used when describing a campaign
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Journalist frequently uses psorts metaphors to describe politics and are particulary compare elections to horse racing
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Who was consider a great communicater
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Ronald Regan
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What is a charaterstic of yellow journalism
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(Joesph Poltzer)
Sensational |
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Define Traditional Media
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1. Determine what stories are news worthy
2. Often influence what issues should be placed on the national agenda 3. Interpret motives of political officals 4. Faving more compettion and decling consumption |
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What is the first presidential race aired on the radio
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Election of Waren G Herdy
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