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LINKAGE INSTITUTIONS
MEDIAPolitical PartiesInterest Groups
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Open vs. Closed Primary
• OPEN• This means that any
voter can vote in either parties primary election.
• EG – a “D” can vote in an “R” primary
• Pro – Centrist• Con – Party Crasher
• CLOSED• This means that only a
person with that political affiliation can vote in that party’s primary.
• EG – Only an “R” can vote in an “R” primary.
• More extreme candidates?
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PA 7th Congressional DistrictGerrymandering
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McCain-FeingoldBi- Partisan Campaign Reform Act 2002
LIMITSSOFT MONEY
ISSUE ADS MUST DISCLOSE SOURCE
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Citizens United vs. FEC• Citizens United is a conservative group that wanted
to advertise and run a film called “Hillary: The Movie” in the days immediately before an election.
• This was forbidden under BPCR act and upheld by a Federal Court.
• The case went to the USSC and in a 5-4 decision the SC overturned the Lower Courts earlier decision.
• NO LIMITS on campaign expenditures by corporation or unions – Hello SUPERPACs!!!!!!!!!!!
• Violation of the 1st Amendment!
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PAC MAN
SUPER PAC• Can raise UNLIMITED sums
of money.• Can not give money
DIRECTLY to a candidate.• However they can run ISSUE
ads that advocate for one candidate or the other.
• No direct coordination between candidate and organization
PAC• IS Limited in the amount of
money they can take IN and give OUT directly to a candidate.
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Horse Race Journalism
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Agenda Setting / Gatekeeper
• The power of the media to help shape politics by deciding what issues are IMPORTANT.
• However a frequent criticism is that the media spends too much time discussing day to day (frivolous) points in political campaigns.
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Special Interest GroupsHow they Lobby
• AARP – Raise Money
• NAACP – Courts• Sierra Club – Grass
Roots• NEA – Grass Roots
• AMA – Raise Money
• N.A.M. (National Association of Manufacturers) – Raise Money
• NRA – ALL 3?• ACLU - Courts
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PIRG
• Public Interest Research Group – is a non profit consumer advocacy organization (watchdog).
• Seatbelts anyone?• Safe toys and blankets?• Ralph Nader founded in
1971.
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