Term
| 5 Factors that influence voter decision at polls |
|
Definition
1. Candidate familiarity
2. Party Identification
3. Issue Voting
4. Retrospective Voting
5. Candidate Image Voting |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
Being able to recognize a candidate by name
-USE ROMNEY MOVIE: Scene in hotel where hotel workers did not know his name. Was a telling sign for the 2008 primary elections that he lost, possibly because of his lack of candidate familiarity |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
People have psyhological attachment to their own political party. Because of this they tend to vote that way.
-SUPPORTED BY Menand article, who said that voters used heuristics and short cuts to make decisions. The biggest short cut a voter uses is his own political party, and will typically vote for their own party because they associate those views with anyone in that party. |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
Question 1!
Movie about romney. Use of the factors on voter decisions at polls, candidate familiarity. State the scene when he goes to the hotel and people don't know who he is |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
Question 1!
-Use for factor that influences voter decision at polls, VOTER ID.
-State how people use shortcuts/ heuristics to make vote choices, and political parties are biggest mental short cut. |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
The idea that people vote based on the candidate who supports their views on particular issues.
-supported by the Key article: which states that "voters are not fools" in that he means that voters will voter based on their policy and issue beliefs, not just social groups they belong too. |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
Question 1!
Use to support the issue voting factor on voter poll decision. Key states how voters arent dumb, and will make voting decisions based on their issue beliefs. |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
When incumbents run for re-election, people view their last term as a very large factor in the vote decision
EX: Bill clinton won in 1992 mainly because of how Bush handled the economy in his prior term. Many view clinton won because of that, not because of his own economic prowess. |
|
|
Term
| Clinton beating bush 1992 |
|
Definition
Question 1
Use to support retrospective voting, and how clinton beat bush because of bush's past term |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
The idea that a candidates image is just as important as their own political views, party, etc.
- USE OBAMA MOVIE: scene when debating hilary clinton, was said to be more likeable than her. Although hilary had much more experience than obama, he still won the primary. The fact he was viewed as "more likeable" certainly had something to do with this! |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
Question 1!
Obama movie: use scene where he was said to be more likeable than hilary during debate. Portrays him as having a better candidate image, and most likely lead to him winning primary depsite not having same experience as hilary |
|
|
Term
| How do elections serve as a form of social control? |
|
Definition
| Elections serve as a form of social control by allowing citizens to participate in elections, it instills a form of obedience. Essentially, if someone participates in the election but they don't get the result that they desire, people will not fight it because they view that "they tried." By giving everyone a sense of theyre trying and helping the democratic part of the govt. work, it acts as a socializing function on the community |
|
|
Term
| Voter turnout is so low because |
|
Definition
-voting restrictive laws
-not all states have absentee ballots
-all but 1 state require registration
-ALSO Apathy is created when there are a large amount of elections
-This explains in part why presidential election is so popular, only occurs once every 4 years.
-GALLUP says way to fix apathy is make voting mandatory, also enhance socialization power |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
Question 1!
Stated how voter turnout problem can be improved by making voting mandatory |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
| Stated how new Georgia ID law is called the "new Jim crow Laws" because it is restricting peoples rights to vote. |
|
|
Term
| Role Government plays in forming public opinion |
|
Definition
government relies on will of the people, and therefore relies on public opinion. it is vital for government to make what public wants what they want to make law making the most efficient it can be!
-does so in many different ways.
-It does so through mass public education to get people informed of same knowledge.
-Creating programs that aid people to gain support, such as social security
-Biggest way is Polling! Which gives people representation
-Gallup says polling helps politicians by clarifying what "will of people" is (what theyre trying to change)
-Morin talks about how powerful poll wording is, and how poll questions can change poll results and therefore how public sees question |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
Question 3!
Stated how important polls were. Said that obtaining public opinion is useful to politicians. Gives them insight as to what they have to change. |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
Question 3!
Morin stated how powerful poll wording can truly be, and that a poll question can change the results drastically. This allows government to gear a question towards how they want it to be portrayed. |
|
|
Term
| What role does media play in public opinion? |
|
Definition
| Media is how the public gets their information on politicians, so it is huge when it comes to public opinion and therefore government policy. How much it effects it remains to be debated. This has lead to two models, the minimal effects model and the hypodermic model. Many debate as to which model is correct, but there is no denying that if a story is big enough, such as Watergate or the Bill Clinton affair, it will certainly have effects on public opinion. |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
1. minimal effects model. States that the different sources and types of media cancel each other out. Arguments against this model are that not everyone listens to every kind of news, so bias does occur.
2. hypodermic model, which states that the media places emphasis on certain stories to yield certain government action (such as watergate to get nixon impeached). The arguments against this is that you can find conspiracy in anything.
-regardless of which model you beleive, if the story is large enough, the media will have an effect on public opinon |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
Use in question 3!
-new media is antidemocratic
-people view media as entertainment now, get news that pertains to what they like, not political issues |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
Question 3!
-importance of newspapers
-as new media forms rise, newspapers decrease, which is bad for democracy |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
Question 3
He believed that google is killing the news business because people can inform themselves of things now |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
Question 4
Very very small compared to article I of the constitution. Article I had power to check any court decision. Geared to make judiciary weak, not initiate action |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
Question 4
Written by Alexander Hamilton, was the one who stated that the judiciary was the least dangerous of the branches |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
Question 4
Stated how the court was weak because it needs support from other branches to do anything. Cannot function without other branches |
|
|
Term
| What causes Judiciary to rise to power? |
|
Definition
-Civil rights movement (use obrien talking about the ignoring of the social power of the judiciary, which was revealed during this time period)
-14th amendment, which allowed citizens to go to trial against state governments
*With the rise in social power and ability to make deicisions on state governments, it lead to court being recognized as "imperial judiciary" |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
Very powerful, respected form of government. better compared to when constitution was written. Was brought out from judiciary rise to power from 14th amendment and social movement.
an example would be the courts demanding president clinton go to trial regarding his affair, being able to force president to court huge for imperial judiciary. |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
| Is considered an originalist. He believes that the constitution should just be read, and not interpreted. He thinks this interpretation leads to bias. |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
| Believed the constitution is a "living constitution" in by interpreting the underlying themes of the constitution it allows us to create more rights. |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
USE IN NUMBER 5
Article I of the constitution says the powers that congress has. It is a big reason the legislative branch dominated during the 19th century. Clearly much larger than other articles.
- Explicitly speaking, example of power is SECTION 8: Which states that congress has the power to lay taxes on the citizens, a huge power not seen by either of the other two branches |
|
|
Term
| Factors of Congressional Comeback |
|
Definition
1. Becoming more popular through national media. Being able to propose wanted congressional items to people
2. Organization of the government into many of subdivisions. This organization lead to a win for congress when it created the Office of technology. The office of Technology got to deny Ronald Reagan the space weapon system he desired. Saying no to the president was a huge win.
3. Sending money to incumbents. This helped people maintain office by giving money to help them be re elected |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
| This was an organiation after congress organized during the 1960s. When president ronald reagan was told by this division the space spation defense system he wanted was impossible, it was a win for congress |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
| When a policy targets a congressmen's specific district |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
| A type of Pork Barrel spending. It is when you add a desired bill for a congressmen's district to a larger bill, creating federal spending for a district |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
USE FOR QUESTION 5!
According to Mayhew, everything congress does is for re-election. If earmarking can get their district a federal funded benefit, why wouldn't a congressmen do it. They have incentives to cheat the system |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
USE FOR QUESTION 5
According to hibbing, Earmarking gives the public too much of what it wants. He believed public did not understand what the issues of congress were truly like. Earmarking, or making public make decisions, is bad! |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
USE IN QUESTION 5
Friel Quoted John Mccain. John Mccain stated that "Earmarking was a form of corruption, by forcing congress to look at multiple bills |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
USE FOR QUESTION 5
Stated some examples of bad earmarks, which included the 223 million dollar bridge to nowhere in alaska. If federal money is being spent on this, isnt it plausible it should be spent in other places? |
|
|
