Tuesday December 17, 2013 OBJ: SWBAT demonstrate their knowledge of linkage institutions by completing a review game. Drill: What is the best example of how the Constitution represents approximate popular majoritarian democracy? Homework: Study for your Unit III test, download your study guides.
Answer The election of members of the House of Representatives.
Find two other people that researched how the media covers the two other branches of government and fill in your notes (8 minutes)
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Political Parties Elections + Campaigns Interest Groups MediaAcronyms Potpourri
The two major political parties today A 100
Republican and Democrat A 100
A meeting of party delegates held every four years to select the party’s ticket A 200
National Convention A 200
A meeting of party members to select delegates backing one or another primary candidate A 300
Caucus A 300
A party organization that recruits members by dispensing patronage A 400
Political Machine A 400
Social rewards that lead people to join political organizations A 500
Solidary Incentives A 500
The person already holding an elected office B 100
Incumbent B 100
A committee set up to raise and spend campaign money B 200
Political Action Committee (PAC) B 200
A primary election in which voting is limited to already registered party members B 300
Closed Primary B 300
Funds obtained by political parties spent on party activities, not on a specific candidate B 400
Soft Money B 400
Voting for a candidate because you like his or her past actions in office B 500
Retrospective Voting B 500
A person employed by an interest group that seeks to influence public policy C 100
Lobbyist C 100
Organizations that attract people by appealing to their political convictions or beliefs C 200
Ideological Interest Groups C 200
Incentive of money or things valued in monetary terms C 300
Material Incentives C 300
DAILY DOUBLE C 400 DAILY DOUBLE Place A Wager
Incentive of benefit that comes from serving a cause or principle C 400
Purposive Incentive C 400
A widely shared demand for change in some aspect of the social or political order C 500
Social Movement C 500
A series or log of discussion items on a page of the world wide web D 100
Blog D 100
Jon Stewart presents information with this bias D 200
Liberal D 200
Bill O’Reilly presents information with this bias D 300
Conservative D 300
A radio or video clip of someone talking D 400
Sound Bite D 400
The rule that if a broadcaster sells time to one candidate, it must make time available to other candidates D 500
Equal Time Rule D 500
NRA E 100
National Rifle Association E 100
IRS E 200
Internal Revenue Service E 200
ACLU E 300
American Civil Liberties Union E 300
FCC E 400
Federal Communications Commission E 400
NAACP E 500
National Association for the Advancement of Colored People E 500
When people leave public office to take lucrative jobs in the private sector (ie. Lobbyists) F 100
Revolving Door F 100
Drawing the boundaries of legislative districts to favor one party F 200
Gerrymandering F 200
The tendency of candidates to win because of riding a better known candidate’s these F 300
Coattails F 300
Turn of the century Republican reformers who opposed patronage F 400
Mugwumps or Progressives F 400
Turn of the century Republican professional politicians who favored patronage F 500
Stalwarts or Old Guard F 500
The Final Jeopardy Category is: Roles Please record your wager. Click on screen to begin
The national press serves three main roles. Name two of the three roles we studied Click on screen to continue
Gatekeeper, Scorekeeper, and Watchdog Click on screen to continue
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