2 pt 3 pt 4 pt 5pt 1 pt 2 pt 3 pt 4 pt 5 pt 1 pt 2pt 3 pt 4pt 5 pt 1pt 2pt 3 pt 4 pt 5 pt 1 pt 2 pt 3 pt 4pt 5 pt 1pt Political Parties Political Ideology Money in Politics Media POTPOURRI

These are the names of the two major American political parties.

What are the Democrats and the Republicans?

These are two of the types of third parties.

What are economic protest / ideological / single issue / splinter?

These are the three reasons why America has a two party system.

What are historical reasons, American ideological consensus (water water nice nice) and single member districts (or the way we hold elections) ?

These are four of the functions of political parties (from your textbook).

What are informer and stimulator, nominating, bonding agent, watchdog and governing functions?

These are three historical examples of third parties acting as “spoilers” AND a brief explanation of what happened in that election.

What are (1) 1912 (TR split off from GOP); (2) 1992 (Ross Perot delivered election for Clinton) and (3) 2000 (W won FL, and election, by 537 votes – Green candidate took 90k votes from Gore)?

These are the terms for the two sides of the political spectrum, to the left and the right.

What are liberal and conservative?

The ____ view holds that government is a force for good and generally agrees with the expansion of its power.

What is liberal?

The ____ view holds that prayer in school is a bad thing.

What is liberal?

The ___ view holds that businesses should be regulated, especially in light of the negative environmental impact they often have.

What is liberal?

The ___ view holds that foreign intervention for purposes of national self interest is a good or positive thing.

What is conservative?

This is one way a viewer can tell that a campaign ad was paid for by a political candidate.

What is the statement by the candidate about his / her approval of the message OR the content of the ad, being about advocacy?

This is the agency that regulates money in politics.

What is the Federal Election Commission?

These are two of the groups that can contribute to a candidate’s campaign.

What are individuals, Political Action Committees, and the candidate him / her self?

These are three things candidates do with political contributions.

What is / are 1) pay for office space, 2) buy commercials, 3) pay consultants, 4) buy signs etc to increase name ID, 5) purchase voter lists, 6) etc.

These are four ways that money is regulated, in politics (careful – answer doesn’t include unconstitutional or incorrect ways of regulating $!)

What are 1) by who contributes, 2) how $ is spent, 3) disclosure of who contributes & 4) disclosure of who money is given to?

This is the federal agency that regulates the media.

What is the Federal Communications Commission?

These are three examples of sources of news.

What are newspapers, news magazines, network TV, cable TV, and online / internet sources?

These are three ways that traditional media outlets compete for viewers or listeners.

What is by audience, specialization, and / or ideology?

These are the three trends of journalism AND a brief description of each.

What are journalism of verification, of assertion, and of affirmation?

These are the three tasks of the FCC WITH a brief explanation of each.

What are prevent monopolies, investigate complaints against media companies, and assure fair treatment and access to airwaves by politicians?

This is what the abbreviation “PAC” stands for.

What is Political Action Committee?

This is the explanation for the expression “water, water, nice, nice” in the context of the American Ideological Consensus.

What is America is surrounded by either large oceans or friendly allies, both of which keep the its people safe &, consequently, relatively narrow in their political views?

These are two of the contributions made to American politics by third parties.

What are political conventions, addressing issues the major parties don’t want to discuss, and acting as election spoilers?

These are the characteristics of proportional representation electoral systems.

What are no losers, just degrees of winner; lots of political parties, more extreme ideas represented, and coalition building / compromise is required?

These are five groups generally associated with the Democratic party.

What are farmers, union workers, African Americans / ethnic minorities, environmentalists, political liberals, Catholics, Jews, entertainers, & graduate degree holders?