Flashcards in Unit 3b Test Deck (75)
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Main difference between interest group and party?
Parties run candidates, interest groups influence political process
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- percent of Americans belong to interest groups
75%
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Most Americans belong to - interest groups
3
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# of interest groups have - since 1970s
Mushroomed
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Americans - to be interest group members
Most likely
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Interest groups have the right to spend money -, what act?
Unlimited, citizens United case
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PACs may contribute - to campaigns, but may also --
Directly, campaign separately
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PACs are - source of revenue for most campaigns
Main
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PACs have to follow ---, but can spend ---
Campaign contribution limits, unlimited amounts campaigning
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Both PACs and 527s represent - interests and policies
Narrow
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Both PACs and 527s may --(--)for campaigns, but can't ---
Run ads, (issue ads, coordinate with campaigns
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527s are --, -- organizations
Tax exempt, nonprofit
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527s (do not, or do) contribute directly to campaigns
Do not
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527s have -- FEC regulation
Very little
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527s have - legal campaigning limits
No
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What are economic interest groups? (4)
Professional groups, labor unions, agricultural groups, business groups
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Professional groups are composed of people from -
Professional occupations
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Economic interest groups are most concerned with - (3)
Wages, prices, profits
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Labor unions are - in power. They are involved in --
Declining, grassroots electioneering
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Agricultural groups are most worried about -
Prices
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What are right to work laws?
Open shop, people don't have to join Union, causes free rider problem, closed shop (everyone required to be in Union) is illegal
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Largest number of interest groups are - (over -%)
Business groups, over 50%
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Largest business group
Chamber of commerce of US
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What are consumer and public interests (3)?
Consumer interests, environmental interests, govt reform interests
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What are consumer and public interests most concerned with?
Collective goods, free rider problem, foundation grants I
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What are equality and justice interests?
What do they mainly use?
Equal rights groups, litigation
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What are examples of equal rights groups?
NAACP, NOW
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Collective goods:
Something of value automatically enjoyed by everyone, can't be without
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Free rider problem:
Individual may receive benefits of a good without contributing to cost
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Types of interest group based on membership?
Institutional interest groups, individual interest groups
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Institutional interest group examples: (3)
Chamber of commerce of us
National league of cities
National council of education
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Americans citizens - likely to join - or - interest groups than other democs (political participation)
More likely, political or religious interest groups
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Electioneering
Actively taking part in campaigns either through grassroots electioneering or through PAC donations
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Examples of individual interest groups: (5)
AFL-CIO
NAACP
NOW (national organization for women)
Christian coalition
Sierra club
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Union with closed shop:
Workplace where employees must join unions within specified period if Union has been approved by workers
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Right to work laws are desired by - to - unions
Businesses, weaken
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Paid lobbyists are used by - interest groups, but most effective for -- groups
All, institutional interest groups
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Surprisingly, lobbyists -- bc they are - in a - field
Write legislation, experts in a little field
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-- are lobbyists successful in changing opinions of policy makers, only good at - opinions of lawmakers who already ---
Very rarely, reinforcing, already agree with them
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What are the strategies of interest groups? (4) and what branches do they appeal to?
Lobbying (leg and ex), electioneering (leg and ex), litigation (courts), appealing to public (leg and executive)
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Lobbying appeals - to policy makers
Directly
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Grassroots campaign work (part of -)
Camp to ppl for candidates, electioneering
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By giving donations you can get -
Access
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#1 method
Helping finance campaigns
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Going public
Working to influence public opinion
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Class action lawsuit:
Combining several different cases into one to demonstrate stronger case
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Amicus curiae briefs
Legal argument in lawsuit submitted on behalf of litigant from supporters of case
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Ratings game:
Grading public officials based on how well they supported the interest groups goals of publicizing results
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How do interest groups raise money? (4)
Membership dues, philanthropic foundation grants, fed grants and projects, direct mail campaigning
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- is #1 way of getting money for institutional groups
Membership dues
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- is important for public interest groups
Philanthropic foundation grants l
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- is used for public projects of interest groups and was reduced by - administration
Fed grants and projects, Reagan administration
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What's #1 method of raising money for most groups?
Direct mail campaigning
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Print media is - as of 2004
#2
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Print media users are --
Most informed
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Watchdog function of press
Idea that we depend on press to keep an eye on government
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Media is strongest of all -- in agenda setting
Linkage institutions
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What's a filibuster
Stalling a bill with unlimited speech, Senators only
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Staying on message
Effort by party leaders or administrative officials to repeat the planned same message at every opportunity
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Coined phrasing
Research to find words or phrases that are most successful to public
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Gatekeeper role
Agenda setting, even when story is not reported it affects agenda
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Main roles of media (3)
Gatekeeper role, scorekeepers role, watchdog role
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The bully pulpit:
President can make speeches covered by media to advance agenda
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Media replaces - in teen years
Parents
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- media is regulated much heavier than --
Broadcast media, print media
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Prior restraint
Govt cannot stop news story before it is published, however can punish afterwards if criminal
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Telecommunications act of 1996
Broadcast companies can only own 1 radio station and 1 TV station in each local market, can own as many stations nationally as they desire
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Fairness doctrine
Required broadcasters to give time to opposing views if they broadcast a program giving one side of a controversial issue
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Communications decency act
(Telecommunications act 1996), illegal to transmit "indecent materials"
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- percent of campaign budget
Campaign advertising
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Pres has - organization to regulate Media, -- regulates it
White House pres corps, press secretary
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First pres to use mass media was - with -
FDR, fireside chats
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Pres relationship with pres more -, less -
Confrontational, cordial
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4th branch of government
Media
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