GOVT
2301 Exam 2 Study List
Fall 2009
Dr. Garrison
(Revised
10-16--09)
(sheatx2e/fal09)
Civic & Political Engagement:
Shea text, chapter 12
Rock the Vote
activism
protest
de Tocqueville,
Democracy in America
freedom of association
right to revolt
egalitarianism
mobilization
participation
grassroots
Bill of Rights
social
movements
Abolitionists
Women's rights, suffrage, ERA
Prohibition
Progressives
Labor Unions, collective bargaining, right to work
laws, AFL-CIO
Business/Trade
Vietnam Antiwar
Women's Rights Second Wave, equal pay, affirmative
action
Gay Rights
Conservative Christians, Moral Majority,
Christian Coalition
Mobilization tactics
Free Association/Expression v. National Security
9/11/Patriot Act
Freedom, Activism, Public Opinion
Age of Apathy
social capital
Youth
Elections
& Participation in America:
Shea text, chapters 14 & 21 pages 724-738.
Elections
republicanism, republican form of government
popular will, landslide election
stability, legitimacy
Civic Education/Duty
safety valve
placebo
poor measure of public sentiment
pool of public officials
Electoral College
12th amendment
unit rule,
electors,
"faithless elector," plurality & majority
2000
Bush v. Gore (2000)
effect on campaigning
2008+ election
Elections & Law
constitutional amendments: 14, 15, 19, 24, 26
voting & legislation
discrimination, grandfather clause, literacy tests, white primary,
Smith
v. Allwright,
poll tax, Voting Rights Act of 1965+, residency
& registration,
Help America Vote Act
Referendums, Initiatives, Recalls
Money & Elections
campaign manager, consultant, finance chair, pollster, direct mailer,
communications director, press secretary
media consultant, paid media, free media
incumbents
Federal
Elections Commission
Texas
Ethics Commission
hard money, soft
money
issue advocacy ads
campaign
finance rules U.S. & TX
public
funds,
matching funds
Buckley v. Valeo
political
action committee (PAC)
Bipartisan Campaign Reform Act
527's
Online Campaign
web sites
online news
blogs
fundraising
Social Networks
Online video/YouTube
Individual Participation in Elections
voter turnout
Who
participates/votes?
Voting Demographics
Voting behavior
turnout
education
income
age
race/ethnicity
political interest
increasing voter turnout proposals
students & voting
patterns in vote choice
race/ethnicity
gender
income
ideology
issues & campaign specifics
Ticket splitting
electoral reform
language minorities
voter registration problems
provisional voting
gerrymander
Voting precinct
“Motor voter”
law
Texas Election Code
Voting qualifications
Texas early voting
TX African Americans & voting
TX Hispanic/Latinos and voting
gender gap
psychological factors in voting
party, candidate, issues
“LBJ “law|
politiqueras
TX
elections of 1978, 1994, 1996, 1998, 2000. 2002, 2006
mandate
retrospective & prospective judgment
electronic voting
special election
local election
partisan & nonpartisan elections
general election
initiative & referendum
presidential election 2000, 2004, 2008
campaigns: nomination, general election, personal, organizational, media
Political Parties:
Shea, chapters 15 & 21 pages 712-728.
Political party
governmental party
organizational party
party in the electorate
"the mischief of faction"
Federalist Party
Election of 1800
Democratic Party
Election of 1860
Republican Party
machine
Tammany Hall
Grassroots party
direct primary
civil service laws
issue-oriented politics
ticket-split
party, issue, or candidate?
party functions
coalition
mobilization
stability & moderation
unity, linkage, accountability
electioneering
voting & issue cues
policy formulation & promotion
party platform
party competition
two party system
multiparty
system
one party Democratic system
modified one party Democratic system
two party completive system
modified one party Republican system
party realignment
dealignment
divided
government
party organization
ambiguous nature of parties
national party conventions
national party committees
Congressional campaign committees
state party organizations
associated interest groups
Candidates & party
Ideology & party
liberal
think tank
party in government
the Congressional party
the Presidential party
Party & Judiciary
Party & State Government: Governor, Legislature, Judiciary
modern party organization
TX temporary party organization
precinct convention
county convention
state senatorial district convention
state convention
TX permanent party organization
precinct chairperson
county chairperson
county executive committee
state executive committee
state party chairperson
ideologues, social conservatives
pragmatists, economic conservatives
party in the electorate
TX party realignment
party finances
party identification (ID)
party ID sources
Red/Blue States Culture War?
declining party loyalty
party coalitions
group affiliations
Democratic party factions
Republican party factions
social conservatives, fiscal conservatives
geography,
gender gap,
race/ethnicity,
age,
SES
Religion
evangelicals
fundamentalism
marital status
ideology
type of Independents
"Where Do You Fit" voter typology
Split
ticket voting
Straight ticket voting
Plurality election
winner-take-all
Single member districts
Proportional representation
Minor parties
Third-partyism
new emerging parties
3rd parties good or bad?
no
strong labor movement & Socialist party
protest
parties
single-issue
parties
Prohibition party
Green
party
Ideological parties
Socialist Workers
party
Communist
party
Libertarian
party
factional splinter parties
La
Raza Unida party
“Bull Moose”
party
“Dixiecrats” States Rights
party
Independent Candidates
Reform party
responsible
party elections
conventional & unconventional participation
franchise, suffrage
presidential nomination process
caucus, convention, primary elections
convention: delegates, platform, unit rule, super delegate
Texas temporary & permanent party organization
conventions--precinct,
county, district, state
Direct primary election
“raiding,”
run-off
General
election
Voting behavior
SES,
party ID,
candidate, issue,
normal vote, economic issues,
foreign policy issues
Single member district
proportional representation
patterns of presidential elections
party realignment,
critical election,
secular realignment
Congressional elections
incumbency advantage,
redistricting.
scandal,
coattails,
gerrymandering
Tom Delay & TX redistricting,
midterm congressional elections
Political Socialization &Public Opinion:
Shea text,
chapters 10
Public opinion
Characteristics of public opinion
nonattitudes
ignorance
ideology
collective
public opinion
public opinion poll
straw poll
Agents of political socializations
family
school
teaching civics in high school
peers
mass media
leaders & institutions
churches
religion
social class SES
region
the South
race
& ethnicity
education
gender gap, gender differences on politics
age
events
collective memory
Public
Opinion & Policy
forming political opinions
personal benefits
political knowledge
cues from leaders
measuring public opinion
sample size
random
sampling
stratified sampling
population/universe
probability sample
sampling error
Gallup
Poll
Texas Poll
media sponsored polls
political polls
push polls
tracking polls
exit polls
How people feel about politics
the system
political efficacy
presidential
approval rating
party identification
economic conservatives
economic liberals
social liberals
social conservatives
libertarians
populists
communitarians
The Politics of the Media:
Shea text, chapter 11
Newspapers, magazines, radio, television, Internet
"A picture of reality upon which the citizen may act."
Print press/media
Dallas Morning News,
Houston Chronicle, San Antonio Express-News,
Austin American-Statesman
Texas Tribune, Texas Monthly. Texas Observer
Electronic Media
Al-Jazeera
network, affiliates, wire service,
cable television news
press release, briefing, on background, deep background, off the record, on the
record
New York Times v. Sullivan (1964)
investigative journalism
media influence/effects
media bias pro & con
liberal
reporters
conservative owners
situational bias
structural
bias
"Horse race" journalism
selective perception
cognitive dissonance
media coverage of scandal
broad & narrow casting
corporate
ownership & mergers
Belo Corp.
infotainment
limited geography of political news
official sources dependency
foreign coverage
Partisan press
Objective journalism
Interpretive reporting
Descriptive reporting
"In a competition between the eye and the ear...the eye wins every time."
political news themes
nationalism
ok
American economic system
negativity & scandal
"Bad news is good news."
infotainment
pundits
limited, fragmented, incoherent political information
media effects on politics
agenda setting
framing
impact
cynicism
Government regulation of media
prior restraint
wartime controls
FCC
rules
public service broadcasting
fairness doctrine
equal time provision
rate regulation
The Internet
TV news
national
campaign ads
negative commercials
“sound bite”
ads: positive, negative, spot, inoculation
candidate debate
presidential debates