American government

What percentage of americans participate in volunteer activities annually?

25%

The clearest example of a party coalition are African American, of whom_______ vote for Democrats regulalry

80

Split Ticket

Citizens vote for candidates from different parties.

Packaging

The highlighting of candidates attributes

Sufrage

The right to vote

American newspaper were originally

partisan

The media carries out a common carrier function when it disseminates information from political leaders to

the public

Motor voter act

A law that congress passes in 1993 that required states to allow people to register to vote when applying for a drivers license or public assistance

Median voter theory

A theory that argues that a party can maximize its vote by placing itself at the location of the middle voters preference.

Ideologically oriented parties

A third party that is highly organized around a framework concerning the nature and role of government in society

Which of the following groups are currently most likely part of the Democratic coalition?

African Americans, 18-29 year olds, union members

The medias ability to function as signalers and influence what people are thinking about and discussing is called?

Agenda setting

Political parties began to emerge in the U.S.?

As a direct result of the founding fathers' efforts.

Which of the following voting blocs has moved heavily into the Democratic party since the 1960s?

Black Americans

Which of the following are reasons why the amount of news the typical American watches has declined since the 1970s

Cable TV and other high choice media became available Children stopped watching the dinner time news with their parents

Which of the following statements describe how U.S. campaigns are both party centered and candidate centered?

Candidates organize their own capaigns. The same parties are represented nationwide

Which of the following are the components of an iron triangle?

Congressional committees: electoral support, interest groups: beneficial policy decision, executive agencies: support for their administrative programs

Which two 2016 presidential candidates had very passionate followers likely to produce political movements?

Donald Trump Bernie Sanders

The 26th amendment

Extended voting right to eighteen year olds

The elimination of _____ _____ meant that the radio stations no longer had to air a conservative talk show if they aired a liberal one.

Fairness doctrine

Which of the following media channels is most preferred by Republicans because of its conservative slant?

Fox News

Straight ticket

Many voter cast this where they only vote for candidates of one party

Which of the follwing resulted from the invention of the power driven printing press in the late 1800s

Newspaper readership increased because they could be sold at a lower price. Newspaper advertising generated more revenue. Newspaer were less dependent on government financial support

Which of the following are common recommendations to enhance voter participation in the U.S.

Opening poll centers for several days before Election Day Keeping polls open longer on Election day Making Election Day a national holiday

Internet political participation peaks which of the following?

Presidential elections

Which of the following factors have contributed to the weakening of part organizations?

Primary elections Candidate- centered campaigns

Voter turnout

Proportion of adult citizens who actually vote in a given election

Which statement best describes the prevalent view of the public concerning protest activists in the United States?

Protest activity is tolerated`

Opposition to slavery gave rise to which party?

Republican

The civil war triggered a party realignment. What were the two major parties following this realignment period?

Republican, Democratic

Which two political parties were competitive during the first party system?

Republican/Democrats & Federalists

Social Capital

Robert Putnams definition the sum of face to face civic interactions among citizens in a society

Which one of the following media has had the biggest role in making politics more participative?

The internet

Which of the following inventions revolutionized newspaper journalism in the early 1800s

The printing press The telegraph

Political participations

The process by which citizens engage in the civic and political life of their communities

Which of the following contributed to the rising level of party polarization in the US?

The proliferation of partisan media outlets The end if the FCC's "Fairness Doctrine"

A reason why scholars think we have moved into a new party alignement?

The republican party has become stronger in the south and the democratic party had become stronger in the northeast

Single issue parties

Third parties formed to promote a stance on a particular issue

Which of the following are limitations of voting that are not present in other forms of political participation?

Voting provides a political opinion ONLY at a certain time.. Voting is limited to what is on the ballot.

Nomination

When a political party makes a nomination for an elected office, it selects a person to run as the party candidate in the general election for that office

high-choice

Where they can pick from a wide variety of outlets

Issue network

a group of various actors that all have interest and expertise in a particular policy issue even though they may disagree on what the outcome should be.

What is a social or political movement?

a way for disenchanted citizens to voice their displeasure with government policy

MSNBC and Fox News choose to

adopt a partisan approach to the news

Signaling function

alerting the public to important developments as soon as possible after they happen

Which of the following best describes the voting electorate after the expansion of voting rights during the Jacksonian era?

all white males

Interest group

an organization that seeks to influence government decision making

Much like political parties and interest groups, the news media or press,

are a key inter mediary between Americans and their leaders

Why do many interest groups form political action committees?

because contributing to candidates' campaigns can help gain access for interest group lobbyists

Which type of group typically has a problem with free riders?

citizens group

The type of interest group that addresses issues of concern to the general public and not just the groups members is called a....

citizens' interest group

The occupy wall street movement was aimed predominantly at which issue?

income inequality

Framing

is the process by which journalists select particular aspects of situations and craft thier stories around them

Yellow journalism

it features sensational stories

_____ journalism refers to news reporting that is based on "fact" rather than opinion and that presents both sides of a partisan debate.

objective

A reason political parties have emerged whenever democracy has been establishes is that...

political parties provide individuals a way to join together in order to exercise their collective influence

The republican party has advocated for a ...

smaller government that performs fewer social welfare functions

Which of f the following media typically have a signaling function?

the daily newspapers The internet The TV networks

19th ammendment

the right for women to vote in 1920

Amricans participate more in politics than do citizens of other western deocracies except in which of the following activities?

turning out to vote on election day