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the right to vote in political elections
rational choice voting
voting for whoever will benefit the voter best
retrospective voting
voting for whoever has the best track record
prospective voting
voting based on who will do the best once elected
party line voting
voting based on political affiliation
federal authority over elections
campaign finance (FEC), voting rights
state authority over election
election administration, election security, redistricting/gerrymandering
primary/caucus
decides who the party nominee is
national convention
rally to chose the nominee, and for the nominee to announce their VP
democrat ideologies
more liberal, progressive, reform and change, equality
republican ideologies
more conservative, personal freedom, limited gov, freedom
exit poll
poll conducted outside of polling locations on election day to gather data from voters
winner takes all system
winner of the majority wins the whole office
proportional system
share power depending on amount of votes
federal election commission (FEC)
regulates campaign finances and oversees federal elections
open primaries
anybody can vote for anybody of any party
semi-open primaries
affiliated voters can only vote for their own ballot, unaffiliated can pick 1 ballot to vote off of
semi-closed
affiliated voters can vote for their ballot, unaffiliated can pick 1 ballot
closed primaries
affiliated voters can vote on their own ballot, unaffiliated cannot vote at all
open caucus
any voter can come
closed caucus
voters can only go to their own party’s
influence lobby groups have
lobby groups can create pacs to create ads to endorse/bash a candidate
BCRA
regulates campaign finances and limits contributions to candidates
incumbent
someone running for an office they currently hold
challenger
someone running for an office they do not hold
open seat
position that is completely open, because current holder is not running for re-election
horse race journalism
reporting on who is ahead/behind
objective news
reporting on exactly what is happening with no opinions involved (for the most part)
political commentary
adding opinions and commentary on events
narrowcasting
reporting only 1 point of view, very partisan
consumer driven media
media made with paying consumers in mind
scorekeeper
keeping track of political successes and failures
gatekeeper
deciding what will be reported on, therefore deciding what the public will see
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