Ch 11: Political Parties | ||
#1 | party meeting held in the presidential year for the purpose of nominating candidate for the ticket | national convention |
#2 | an unpledged candidate in the Democratic Party | superdelegate |
#3 | collection of policy oriented researchers and academics that are sources of policy ideas | think tank |
#4 | a party organization that recruits voter loyalty in exchange for incentives | political machine |
#5 | a gradual rearrangement of party coalitions, usually based on demographic shifts | secular realignment |
Ch 13: The Campaign Process | ||
#1 | the process by which a campaign reaches individual voters, by door or telephone | canvassing |
#2 | the individual who travels with the candidate and coordinate the campaign | campaign manager |
#3 | The individual who coordinates the financial business of the campaign | finance chair |
#4 | fund raising organizations that represent interest groups and can legally make contributions to campaigns | political action committee (PAC) |
#5 | ad that compares the records and proposals of the candidate with a bias towards the candidate sponsoring the ad | contrast ad |
Ch 14: The Media | ||
#1 | Info provided to a journalist that will not be attributed to a named sourc | on background |
#2 | form of investigative journalism exposing corruption and misconduct | muckraking |
#3 | targeting media programming at specific populations withini society. | narrowcasting |
#4 | limitations on the substance of mass media | content regulation |
#5 | a document offering an official comment or position | press release |
Ch 15: Special Interests | ||
#1 | activities of a group or organization that seek to persuade political leaders to support the group's positions | lobbying |
#2 | potential members fail to join a group, because they can get the benefit without contributing to the effort | free rider problem |
#3 | a person who finances a group or individual activity | patron |
#4 | theory that public policy are the result of narrowly defined exchanges among political actors (elites) | transactions theory |
#5 | group that represents a specific industry | trade association |
Mix Tape! | ||
#1 | the individual charged with interacting and communicating with journalists on a daily basis | press secretary |
#2 | a person's political affinity for a political party | party identification |
#3 | the process of forming the list of issues to be addressed by the government | agenda setting |
#4 | the increasingly conflicting and divided viewpoints between parties | polarization |
#5 | a voting system that apportions legislative seats according to to the % of vote won | proportional representation |
Final Question | |
How much money did both candidates spend in the 2008 Presidential Campaign? | 5.3 billion $$ |