Unit II Test Review I
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- Q1focus on polling data, public perception instead of candidate policy, and almost exclusive reporting on candidate differences rather than similarities.horse race journalism30s
- Q2when the media acts as a filter for stories that the public seesgatekeeper30s
- Q3the media loves violence. television, radio, and film will for the most part have much higher ratings"if it bleeds it leads"30s
- Q4comprises the policy-making relationship among the congressional committees, the bureaucracy, and interest groupsiron triangle30s
- Q5fundraising arm of an interest groupPACs30s
- Q6the House selects the President and the Senate selects the VPwhat happens no one wins a majority of the electoral college?30s
- Q7describes the trend in politics; more about the candidate than their party affiliationcandidate centered campaign30s
- Q8an unelected delegate who is free to support any candidate for the presidential nomination at the party's national convention.superdelegates30s
- Q9Bipartisan Campaign Reform Act of 2002; regulates the financing of political campaignsMcCain Feingold Act30s
- Q10independent expenditures by corporations and unions are protected by the 1st AmendmentCitizens United30s
- Q11voters are not required to declare party affiliationopen primary30s
- Q12only voters registered for the party which is holding the primary may voteclosed primary30s
- Q13power is distributed among many groupspluralist theory30s
- Q14a small minority, consisting of members of the economic elite and policy-planning networks, holds the most powerelite theory30s
- Q15a small organization, typically a political party, that has broken away from a larger one; Tea Partysplinter party30s