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16 Cards in this Set
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Two views on party identification
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Campbell: psychological attachment-party identification: affective, psychological identification with party
VO Key-standing decision:summary expression of past exp., saves time and effort |
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Socioeconomic groups and voting
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low income, lowest adn highest education, Jews/Catholics, no religious attendance, blacks/latinos, women, single vote democrat
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How do Kimball and Gross measure polarization
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If country is polarized, neg correlation between ratings of dem. and rep. parties
If not polarized, no correlation |
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Types of primaries
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open-any registered voter can participate in whichever primary
semi-closed-partisans and ind. can vote in one of the party primaries closed voters declare loualty to the party holding the primary |
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democratic vs republican caucuses
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dem-any reg. dem. can participate, requires prop. rep. and equal #s of male/female delegates
rep-limit participation to party officials and workers, some wta, some pr |
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Contributions to candidates
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individuals
self financing Political Action Committees Other congresspersons Parties |
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FECA
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Disclosure of sources of campaign contributions
Limits on contributions from parties, groups, and individuals |
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Types of revenue
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Soft money-funds raised outside the constraints of federal law (contributions to state and local parties)
Hard money-contributions which go directly to a cadidates campaign committee for use at its discretion (from inds parties and groups |
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Expenditures
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Funds given directly to the candidate by party committees
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Public funds for presidential general elections
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General election is publicly funded per FECA
By accepting gov funds, cands agree to stop raising funds after conventions |
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Matching funds for Presidential Nominations
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Matching funds-public moneys that the FEC distributes to primary candidates
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McCain-Feingold
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restore FECA's regulatory scheme, cut down on campaign money
No soft money in Federal campaigns Limit contributions to natnl parties Restrict contributions to state and local parties for federal elections |
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Presidential coattails
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presidents pull fellow partisans into office along with them
successful pres candidate assists in teh election of the party's slate of candidates At midterm pres not at top of ticket to pull these ind. along and so they lose |
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Presidential popularity
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Pres. pop is related to the party's electoral success and failure
Pop support for the pres declines by midterm election leading to a decline in seats held by pres. party. |
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What is a responsible party
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Present clear alternatives to the voters
Party program that receives support of a majority of voters is put into place Can only exist when there is party cohesion in the legislature |
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Do responsible parties exist
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Parliamentary system encourages
American institutions discourage party unity (sop, fed, prim elec, etc.) Ev of responsible parties Cong. and leg are organized by party More unified than ever before Leg. voting more partisan than ever |
