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| Founders' View Ordinary Citizens Leadership ability |
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| To them, it was self-evident that only those with a stake in society should have a voice in determining who would govern that society |
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| Public Inerest Groups and Free rider problem |
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| Public Interest- Are for the common well being of others.Free Rider Problem- individuals who do not contribute, but benefiting from the acts of others. |
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| Roles of television in political socialization |
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| Television shapes our political views due to that fact that more Americans turn to the media and its social outlets to learn about political issues. |
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| Constructing an accurate Public Opinion poll |
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| The poll specific, clear-cut, and unambiguous. |
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| Education and political participation |
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researchers have found that more
educated citizens are more likely to vote in elections and participate in campaigns |
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competitive news media select and frame stories in ways that hamper the ability of the democratic system to solve internal social problems as well as
international conflicts in an optimal way |
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| First Amendment and the Press |
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| On the one hand is the public's right to know, and on the other is the right of the government to secrecy in certain circumstances, the right of individuals to privacy, and the right of defendants to a fair trial. |
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| Nature of mass media ownership |
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| is a process whereby progressively fewer individuals or organizations control increasing shares of the mass media. |
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| Pluralist model and role of interest group in democracy |
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| Pluralist Democracy is to protect and promote diversity. An interest group is an organized body of individuals who share some goals and who try to influence public policy |
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| is the headquarters of the United States Department of Defense, located in Arlington County, Virginia. |
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| Management of information flow to media |
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| media, however, are subject to the most government regulation. Radio and television broadcasters must obtain a license from the government because, according to American law, the public owns the airwaves. The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) issues these licenses and is in charge of regulating the airwaves. |
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| Reliance on official news sources by the media |
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| Journalism needs to investigate and not just trust what the political office feeds them. |
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| is a term used by political scientists to describe the policy-making relationship among the congressional committees, the bureaucracy (executive) (sometimes called "government agencies"), and interest groups. |
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| Working of Political Parties |
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| is an alliance of like-minded people who work together to win elections and control of the government. Political parties compete against one another for political power and for the ability to put their philosophies and policies into effect. |
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| Reason for two party system |
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| most of our political debates have been two-sided affairs. Another reason is the duality of issues. |
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| Membership of standing committees in Congress |
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| political parties within the Senate would submit for the full body's approval a slate of members to fill the various committee seats. This new plan fostered development of Senate party conferences (Democrats informally use the designation "caucus"). Independents and members of third parties have received committee assignments through one or the other of the major party conferences. |
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| Chairman ships of standing committees |
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| Standing committee chairmen are selected by the majority leadership in each house subject to confirmation by the majority party caucus |
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| US voter turnout compared to other modern industrialized |
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| US has the lowest turn out to other wealthy and industrialized countries. |
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| It is often known as the elastic clause because of the great amount of leeway in interpretation it allows; depending on the interpretation, it can be used to "stretch" or expand the powers of Congress, or allowed to "contract", limiting Congress. |
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| Parenti's views on United States Elections |
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| The rigged electoral system discourages voters. |
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| women have outnumbered men in voting Democratic, and men outnumber women voting republican. Recently women have had a bigger turnout at the voting polls. |
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| State Representation in the Electoral College |
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| Each state is given a certain amount electoral votes. Each state has a number of electoral votes equal to its number of Senators (two) plus its number of members in the United States House of Representatives (depends on state population). |
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| Theories of Representation |
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1)Formalistic Representation, including:
A)Authorization
B)Accountability
Symbolic Representation
Descriptive Representation, and
Substantive Representation |
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| Drawing voting lines to favor one group or the other. Names after governor Elbridge Gerry. |
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| Pay's attention and followes issues in the news and papers. Better informed than General public and Educated Public. |
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