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hard money
Money that is subject to limits. Can be donated by PACs or people. Monitored/limited
soft money
Money with no limits. Can’t be directly linked to a candidate and is donated by people, corporations or comitties.
campaigns
social recogniton/getting to meet politicians
potential jobs
political participation
these are all reasons people donate to __________
PAC
Independent organizations that donate to/work with political campaigns. They have to share donor names and have a limited amount of money they can donate. They often make ads.
Super PAC
Independent organizations that raise money for political causes. They have to share donor names, but they can’t donate or coordinate directly with a candidate. They often make issue ads that are unspecific to candidates.
Dark money groups
also called 501©(4) groups, these are organizations that don’t have to disclose donors and can donate as much as they want, but can’t coordinate with poltiical campaigns.
FEC
A federal agency that regulates campaign finances by setting limits on on contributions and requiring campaigns to disclose finances.
PACs
Which type of group (dark money, PAC, Super PAC) can coordinate with campaigns
PACs
Which type of group (dark money, PAC, Super PAC) has contribution limits
Federal election campaign acts
A act/case that allowed PACs, set up the FEC and required that campaigns must disclose financial contributions.
Bipartisan campaign reform act
A act/case that tried to ban soft money and said that groups couldn’t run issue ads in 60 days of the election.
Citizens United V. FEC
A act/case that said that groups COULD run issue ads within 60 days of an election, spend unlimited money on independent expenditures as long as it isn’t donated to a campaign
McCutcheon V. FEC
A act/case that got rid of any limits on the amount of money that an individual can donate.
Interest group
A group of people with the same views that work to influence politics.
Lobbyist
People interest groups hire to persuade elected officials to support their agenda
Revolving door
The concept that former congressmen/senators could go an work as lobbyists and use their former influence to get things done in congress.
Business
A type of interest group that tries to advance the goals of a business or corporation
Agriculture
A type of interest group that tries to advance the goals of people who work in the agriculture space.
Public interest
A type of interest group that tries to advance public interest and preserve the US’s democracy
Labor unions
A type of interest group that tries to advance the goals of a group of unionized workers
professional organizations
A type of interest group that tries to advance the goals of workers in a certain profession
issue oriented
A type of interest group that tries to advance their goals surrounding a certain issue
Grassroots organizing
A strategy that interest groups use. They get the public to help advance their goals.
Mass media
A strategy that interest groups use. They use TV, social media and propaganda to convince people that their agenda is good.
Litigation
A strategy that interest groups use. They take their issue to court to try and get the legal system to rule in their favor.
PACs
A strategy that interest groups use. They start political action committees to raise money for their group that they can use to convince politicians to do what they want.
AARP
An interest group that represents senior citizens
ACLU
An interest group that tries to protect individual rights
NAACP
An interest group that works to advance the rights of Black Americans
Gatekeeper
One of the roles of the media. Media influences what issues become popular or important and decide what info gets shared with the public.
scorekeeper
One of the roles of the media. Media keeps track of who is ahead or behind in an election and helps decide who is winning based on coverage.
watchdog
One of the roles of the media. It reports on the activities of the government and keeps it in check. It is allowed to do this by the 1st amendment.
propaganda
Media that tries to convince people to adopt a certain position.
campaign ads
Ads specifically designed to get people to like a candidate
stacking the deck
A campaign ad strategy.
Using statistics in a one-sided way that leaves info out.
glittering generalities
A campaign ad strategy.
uses vague, nice sounding words. No specific stances
plain folks
A campaign ad strategy.
tries to make the candidate look like an average voter to appeal to “normal people”
bandwagon
A campaign ad strategy.
“everyone supports me so you should also”. A classic example is when there are crowds of people at a rally supporting a candidate.
testimonials
A campaign ad strategy.
endorsements from celebs or well known people
coat-tailing
A campaign ad strategy.
candidate tries to look good by connecting themselves with another popular figure
mudslinging
A campaign ad strategy.
attacking opponenets
media bias
when journalists express ideas that are biased towards one end of the political spectrum
spin
A type of media bias.
vague, sensational, dramatic language
unsubstantiated claims
A type of media bias.
claims without any evidence to back them up
slant
A type of media bias.
tells only one side of the story
word choice
A type of media bias.
using words with poltical implications
photo bias
A type of media bias.
using a photo that tells a story and influences the readers’ perception of something
Guilt by association
A campaign ad strategy.
one candidate tries to make their opponent look bad by connecting them to a bad person.
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