political studies 101 final
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Name the 5 types of PACs
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Labor, Corporate, Trade Union Independent
- Briefly describe the ruling in Buckley v. Valeo
- Donating money to campaigns is protected under free speech
- What is the significance of “dough day” vs. “fat cats”
- Before 1920, politicians gave money to the voters, while afterwards, it switched
- Name two attempts at campaign finance reform and in one sentence, explain what they tried to accomplish
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McCain-Feingold- tried to ban soft money altogether, Revenue act 0f 1971 – allowed public finan
- How much can an individual donate per election to a federal campaign: ____? To a PAC: ____? And to a party: ____?
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2100, 5000, 25,000
- What is FECA and define its purpose?
- Federal Election Campaign Act: established a clear system to reveal campaign sources/funds
- What was the first PAC, and when was it established
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cope 1955
- What are two good indicators of weakening partisanship?
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increase in split ticket voting, change in turnout
- According to V.O. Key , one of the aspects of party politics is party organization. Name the other two
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party in government, party in electorate
- What are the 3 reasons that account for the stability of partisanship?
- partisanship formed early in life, little social mobility, little economic change
- Between 1964 and 1984 partisanship increased. T or F
- False
- What are the 3 reasons that account for the stability of partisanship?
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Partisanship formed early on in life,
What are the current partisan alignments?
- 51 D 41 R 9I
- In general when are polls most legitimate?
- to gauge the effectiveness of a program
- What was the main issue discussed in “Hacking Democracy”?
- The insecurity of electronic voting machines such as Diebold.
- What is Gallup’s theory called, and what does it maintain?
- Plebiscitary theory that claims that politicians shouldn’t be able to hide behind ignorance and that polling heightens accountability
- Write 1-2 sentences about the voting behavior of independents
- While they identify as independent, they tend to vote rather consistently for one party
- What are the three general factors that determine voting?
- partisanship, candidate evaluations, issues
- Down’s theory claims that parties are the most rational basis for politics if there is __________
- a significant difference between the two parties
- Name the factors that play a role in the relationship between issues and voting:
policy voting, projection, persuasion
- According to Miller and Stokes, a person is likely to vote if
they are knowledgable about the issues, know gov’t policy , recognize significant differences between the party
- Explain one way that we could increase voting turnout
- mandatory voting, national election holiday, same day registration
- Name one argument for and one argument against negative advertisement
- politicians wont reveal their own faults, someone should., lowers level of debate
- What are two ways the television affected presidential campaigns
- more expensive, candidate appearance matters
- Name 3 possible reasons for the decline in voter turnout
- lower quality candidates, big issues solved, little faith in govenrment