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| the offical endorsement of a candiate for office by a plitical party |
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| The mater plan candidates lay out to guide their electoral campaign |
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.Campagins are physically and emotionaly tiring
.US campagins can last to 18 months or more
.Incubent Presidents rarely get challenges from their own party |
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.Meetings of state party leaders. Used to select delegates
.Now organized like a pyramid from local precints to the state's convention
.not used by many states
.The Iowa caucus is first and considered the most important |
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.Meetings of state party leaders. Used to select delegates
.Now organized like a pyramid from local precints to the state's convention
.not used by many states
.The Iowa caucus is first and considered the most important |
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.used by most states
.generally serve as elimination contest
.New Hampsure goes first
.Lose early primaries-lose contributions
.lose momentum |
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.get a campaign manager
.get a fund-raiser and counsel(lawyer)
.hire media and campaign consultants
.assemble staff/plan the logistics
.get reasearch staff, policy advisors and pollsters
.get a good press secretary
.establish a website |
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| Federal Election Campaign Act |
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.Federal Election Commissinon
.Created the Presidential Election Campaign Fund
.Matching funds for candiates
.Required full disclosure of finacing and donations
.Limited contribution amounts by individuals |
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| direct contribution from vother to candidate; regulated and monitored by FEC |
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Contributions to the political party not a specific candidate
.used for party-building expenses or generic party advertising |
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| Supreme court said that donation limits are consitutional( to avoid the impression of corrupiton/bribes), wile spending limitis are unconstitutional |
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| McCain-Feingold Act (2002) |
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.restricted soft money based by RNC and DNC
.increased hard money limits for individual
.limitied 'issue ads' by elections
- this was overtuned by supreme court in 2007
."I'm....and I aprrove this message |
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.political action committes
.create by law in 1974 to allow corporations, labor unions and other to donate money to campagins
.As of 2008 there were over 4000 PACs
.PACs contribute over 250 million to congressional candidates each year
.Donate to candidates who support their issue regardless of party |
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