POL Exam 2

3rd parties influence major policy platforms

The 2018 midterm election

The main goal of interest groups are to...

The introduction of social media altered politics in the U.S., and filters who controls info/who consumes it

All of the following are roles that political parties play in elections except...

Attitudes people have about political issues, events, leaders, and institutions

The 3rd party era (Republican/Democrat) that occurred in 1856-1896 is known as

Public opinion polls can never be wrong

All of the following are agents of political socialization except:

All of the following are reasons for the creation of the electoral college except:

Free riders benefit from collective goods, but did not participate in acquiring them

Media is protected by the...

Which type of media reaches more Americans?

All of the following are organizational components of IGs except:

Informing politicians on how they should vote on legislation is just one reason as to why public opinion polls matters

Interest groups are heavily skewed in support of the upper class

All of the following are polling requirements except:

Despite difference, Americans share a common core set of political values

The impact of the internet is comparable to the impact of the penny press

How many times in history has a pol. realignment happened?

Super PACs are also referred to as dark money due to the fact that donors can be anonymous

The libertarian ideology supports strong government intervention

Political knowledge is not equally distributed

Elite pluralism is the assumption that pol. influence is equally distributed to all

All of the following are liberal ideologies except:

All of the following are roles of the media except

All of the following are reasons as to why public opinion matters, except:

Misinformation (fake news) is false stories that are circulated to generate revenue or to benefit a pol. candidate

Media enterprises are primarily driven by...

The U.S. Muslim ban is an example of:

The major goal of political parties is to get their candidates elected to office

Which state significantly portrayed an increase in women and minority votes for the democratic party

PACs have a donation limit of

The federal government does not regulate

Parties roles in government are...

Southern states were in favor of the popular vote because it supports the institution of slavery

How has the number of journalist in recent years changed

When discussing print media, you could say that competition has undermined the traditional business model of newspapers.

Social and Economic solutions come through private sector and religion is a conservative ideology

All of the following are reasons that Donald Trump won the 2016 election except:

One major issues with broadcast news is...

The digital divide is...

# of senators + # of house members = electoral members

Which of the following groups are not currently represented by interest groups

All of the following are ways media influences public opinion except...