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20 Cards in this Set
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The 4Ps
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party (an easy heuristic for figuring out who you’re voting for)
policy (requires a higher level of info) performance (how have they done, how will they do) personality (how well do I like this person) ->do voters have enough info, campaign vs. governance |
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Interest group
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-are concerned with advancing the interests and issues of their members
-allow individuals to be organized by issue -give voice to issues ->represent symbolic or status characteristics ->or evoke feelings about single issues ->or composed of people who are active participants in politics |
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PIG
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-frames policy choices for candidates
-organizes gov’t ->caucuses, committees, speaker of the house |
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PIE
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-frames opinions
-mobilizes participation ->do people vote along party lines? ->split-ticket voting ->independents ->swing voters (vote outside of their party) ->candidate-centered campaigns (weakens party) |
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PAO
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-provides candidates
-money ->recruitment ->fundraising ->campaigning |
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Machine Politics
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-(PAO) an administration of people who use their position to perpetuate the power of their party, often through dubious means
-spoils (offering “stuff” for votes) -patronage (offering jobs to family members of voters, -cabinet-, was ended with creation of civil service exam) |
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Judicial federalism
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-there are both national and state systems, both are autonomous
->we have state and national courts that each have domains over different things ->Bush v. Gore and Ginsburg |
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Public Financing
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-20 million adjusted for inflation
-must limit spending -must refuse private contributions -party can raise and spend money as long as it isn’t explicitly linked to candidate |
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Reynolds v. Sims
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-state legislations must have equal populations
-equal protection clause -one man/one vote -Alabama 1964 |
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527s
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-issue advocacy
-is a mode for soft money |
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Undervote
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a vote that is not counted because the mark is unclear
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Overvote
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were more than one vote has been cast on a single ballot, it is hard to figure out the intended vote
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Strict Scrutiny
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-the most stringent standard of judicial review used by United States courts reviewing federal law
->it arises in two basic contexts: when a "fundamental" constitutional right is infringed, particularly those listed in the Bill of Rights, or when the government action involves the use of a "suspect classification" such as race or national origin that may render it void under the Equal Protection Clause -Footnote 4 of US v. Carolene Products |
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Soft Money
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-isn’t regulated by FEC
-used for party-building and issue ads -BCRA imposed a ban on the use of soft money by parties (decreases power of party, increases power of 527s) -BCRA imposed limits on the use of soft money by corporations during black out periods before elections -Wisconsin Right to Life overturned black out period limits on issue advocacy |
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Hard Money
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a regulated donation that goes directly to the funding of a candidate’s campaign (no limit on private individuals, Buckley v. Valeo)
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One man one vote
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-Reynolds V. Sims 1964
-“Weighing the votes of citizens differently, by any method or means, merely because of where they happen to reside seems hardly justifiable |
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Median Voter Theorem
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-both candidates move toward center
-candidates seem very similar |
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Framing
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good way for candidates to see how they’re doing in a particular area
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Priming
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-the pollee is conditioned to view a question in a certain way
-“push polling” -this is a campaign strategy |
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Thornburg v. Gingles
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-redistricting in North Carolina
-multimember districts are not unconstitutional |
