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GOVT 2305
Study Guide Test #3
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Every Five Years | Broadcasting rights for television and radio renewal frequency |
| 06-2200 | Time frame during the day when "explicit sexual and excretory references are restricted |
| 1900 | Number of television stations |
| 1400 | Number of daily newspapers |
| 13K | Number of radio stations |
| 20% | Percent of radio stations devoted to talk radio |
| 7% | Percent of news reporters identifying themselves as conservative |
| 25% | Number of young Americans who get their news from comedy shows |
| 1880 | 61% of cities had competing newspapers |
| 1990 | 2% of cities had competing newspapers |
| 1923 | 500 cities had competing newspapers |
| 2004 | 12 Cities had competing newspapers |
| 2004 | 300 of 1480 daily newspapers independently owned |
| 80% | Conglomerates account for what percentage of newspaper circulation |
| 11% (less than the IRS) | Percent of public having a favorable view of the media |
| 60% | Percent of Americans in a recent survey that knew every state had two senators |
| 71% | Percent of Americans in same survey who could not name their member in the House of Reps |
| 81% | Percent of Americans who could not name their senators in the US Senate |
| 1500 | Minimum # of respondents to get a poll accuracy of + or - 3% |
| Philippines | Nation with largest percent (73%) of population having a positive view of the US |
| 1824 | First attempt at conducting a poll to predict outcome of presidential election |
| 1883 done be Boston Globe | First attempt at exit polling |
| 64% | Voter turnout of voting age public in 1960 |
| 52% | Voter turnout of voting age public in 1996 |
| 62.5% | Voter turnout of voting age public in 2008 |
| Italy (90%) | Western nation with largest percent of voter turnout |
| Trend of Voting | Older you get, more likely to vote until 70 |
| 2/3rd's | Percent of young voters who voted for Barack Obama |
| 36 | Number of states where felons on probation or parole are not allowed to vote |
| 11 | Number of states where a felony conviction bans voter for life |
| 9.8% | Percent of voter increase in turnout from direct contact efforts (GOTV) |
| 0.6% | Percent of voter increase from direct mailing |
| 64.5% (2004) | Percent of absentee voting in state of Washington |
| Federalists (1788) | First political party in the U.S. |
| Democratic-Republicans (Jeffersonian Republicans-1790) | First opposition party formed in the U.S. |
| 1880 | First presidential election between clear party candidates |
| Anti-Masonic Party (1832) | First third party opposition in the U.S. |
| Whig | Party that spun off the Federalist Party |
| 5 (1800, 1828, 1860, 1896, 1933) | Number of electoral realignments in U.S. history |
| 19% | Percent of voters received by Ross Perot, Reform Party candidate in 1992 election |
| Every Four Years | Frequency of party national conventions |
| 165 million (Demzilla) | Number of people Democrats claim to have records on |
| 200 million (Voter Vault) | Number of people Republicans claim to have records on |
| 1860 | Year the current two-party system began its domination |
| AARP | Largest SIG in the U.S. with over 38 million members |
| 1955 | Year AARP was originally founded as the National Retired Teachers Association |
| 1958 | Year AARP changed name to AARP at urging of insurance company seeking bigger pool |
| $90M | Annual revenue of the AARP is $900M, with taxpayer federal grants contributing how much $ |
| 3K | Number of full-time AARP employees in Washington, DC national headquarters |
| 50% | Percent of DC lobbyists with prior government service |
| $3.5M | Average amount spent on lobbying each member of Congress |
| Microsofted | Word that describes what happens to business groups that do not engage in lobbying |
| War Room | Name of the office at Wal-Mart headquarters in Arkansas dedicated to lobbying |
| Lobby | What many souses married to members of Congress do for a living |
| 3 | Number of elections since 1824 where electoral college vote conflicted with popular vote |
| 2 | Number of states that proportion their votes instead of winner takes all (Nebraska & Maine) |
| $500K | Minimum amount considered to have a reasonable chance to win a House seat |
| $5M | Normal amount expected to win a Senate seat |
| 1960 | First televised presidential debate between JFK and Richard Nixon |
| $100,000 | Amount spent by Abraham Lincoln in presidential election of 1860 |
| $3B | Amount spent by all presidential candidates in the 2008 presidential election |
| >33% | Percentage of voters who were using electronic voting machines by 2006 |
| 270 | Number of Electoral College votes required to win the presidential election |
| 120M | Number of voters voting in the 2008 election; 7M more voters Obama over McCain |
| Adversarial Journalism | A form of reporting in which the media adopt a hostile posture toward the government and public officials |
| Bandwagon Effect | A shift in electoral support to the candidate whom public opinion polls report as the front-runner |
| Caucus | A normally closed political party business meeting of citizens or lawmakers to select candidates, elect officers, plan strategy, or make decisions regarding legislature matters |
| Federal Communications Commission | An independent government agency that regulates interstate and international communications by radio and television and wire and cable and satellite |
| 4th Branch of Government | Governmental agencies which have powers on the level of those of the traditional 3 branches or nongovernmental agencies which can great influence the operations of the government |
| Gender Gap | A distinctive pattern of voting behavior reflecting the difference in views between women and men |
| Leak | A disclosure of confidential information to the news media |
| Press Release | Information supplied to reporters; on official statement or account of a new story that is specially prepared and issued to newspapers and other news media for them to make known to the public |
| Press Briefing | A media event where journalist are invited by news makers to hear them speak and to ask questions |
| Priming | Process of preparing the public to take a particular view of an event or political actor |
| Sound Bites | Brief broadcast remark: A short comment intended or suitable for broadcasting in a news program, especially one made by a politician; their use is often regarded as manipulative |
| Telecommunications Act | Was the first significant overhaul of U.S. telecommunications law in more than 60 years, amending the communications act of 1934, it was the 1st time that the internet was included in broadcasting and spectrum allotment |
| Sampling Error | Polling error that arises based on the small size of the sample |
| Stratified Sampling | Proportional sample from whole population: A sample of a population that is proportionally representative of all types of people or interest in the survey |
| Rock the Vote | A nonpartisan, nonprofit organization in the U.S. whose mission is to engage and build the political power of young people |
| Mobilization | The process by which large numbers of people are organized for political activity |
| Motor Voter Act | A legislation that required state governments to allow registration when a qualifying voter applied for or renewed their driers license or applied for social services |
| Get out the Vote (GOTV) | Terms used to describe two categories of political activity, both aimed at increasing the number of votes cast in one or more elections |
| Plank | Policy of political part: A policy that is part of a political party's platform |
| Soft Money | Money contributed directly to political parties and other organizations for political activities that is not regulated by federal campaign spending laws; in 2002 Federal Law prohibited unregulated donations to national party commitees |
| Interest Group | Individuals who organize to influence the government's programs and policies |
| Disturbance Theory | A political postulation by David Truman that states that interest groups from primarily in opposition to other interest groups so as to counteract influence in their respective political domains |
| Free Riders | Those who enjoy the benefits of collective goods but did not participate in acquiring them |
| Straight-ticket Voting | Selecting candidates from the same political party for all officers on the ballot |
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