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Government Unit 3
Government Unit 3- Political Parties, interest groups, and the media
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| What is a Political Party? | an organization that sponsor's a candidate for political office under the organization's name. |
| What is a platform? | A public statement of the principles, objectives, and policy of a political party. |
| What are third parties? | they are non factors. they arise when there is a dissatisfaction w/ two major parties and they force major parties to expand the agenda and include them. |
| PAC's and why they were created: | political action comittees; a private group organized to financially support candidates for office |
| What is hard money? | money donated directly to the candidate or party; regulated and limited by legislation; donor names must be declared and part of public record |
| What is soft money? | indirect donations; donated to parties for "party building" activities and pumped into advertising. |
| What are lobbyists? | people who influence congressmen to support thier issue |
| A coalition is what? | the people who make up and support a certain political party |
| What is Split ticket voting? | voting for a specific candidate, not strictly by party lines. |
| What are critical elections? | a major traumatic event caused the dominate party to faulter in voter's eyes and the opposition party seizes control. |
| What are party eras? | times in history (and the present) highlighted by critical elections. |
| What is a centrist? | a moderate |
| What is broadcasting? | term adopted by the major TV networks because their signal was being sent out to a broad audience. |
| Narrowcasting is what? | term applied to today's cable/satellite/internet programming aimed at a narrow/particular audience |
| What are some reasons political parties work and make sense? | They create competition, choice, and democracy |
| What is a media event? | an event purposely staged for the media and made to look spontaneous. |
| A bolter party is... | TR, Wallace, Perot |
| A Doctrinal Party is... | The socialist, Communist, Libertarian |
| A single issue party is... | a party focused on one issue or principle. |
| What are the two main goals of the 1974 Federal Election Campaign Act? | to provide a voluntary public financery programfor presidential candidates' to require all PAC's candidates, and all party committees to disclose all constributions and expenditures. |
| What two key events brought about the Bipartisan Campaign Reform Act of 2002? | 1996 financial scandal involving Clinton and the 200 Enron Scandal |
| What two events changed the media and public perception of our government? | Vietnam and Watergate |
| What drives media coverage? | Technology and scandal |
| What do americans want to see on the news? | disaster, scandal, violence, and conflict |
| What do PAC's do? | they financially support candidates for office |
| What create PAC's? | The Federal Election Campaign Act |
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