Constitutional amendments | Acts and supreme court cases | General Vocabulary | The Media, for example | Mr Packard's Personal life |
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What is the 15th amendment
This amendment gave African American men the right to vote
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What is the 'stand by your ad' provision
The reason you hear, "I approve this message," in political ads
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What is winner-takes-all
Whether a candidate barely slides by or wins in a landslide, all of the electorate votes are counted toward the winner in this ballot system
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What are partisan news sites
Fox News and The Washington Post
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What is Applebees
I started working here in high school and it was my longest tenured job
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What is the 26th amendment
This amendment allowed those aged 18 or older to vote
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What is Citizen's United V FEC
Some might say this court case invented the super pac
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What is a prospective voter
Rather than looking at what a political candidate has done in the past, this voter looks toward what might be done in the future
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What is horse race journalism
"It is October, Candidate A has 38% and Candidate B is sitting at 42%"
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What is 2013
I won a football state championship at DHS in this year
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What is the 19th amendment
Passed in 1919, this is the amendment that allowed women to vote
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What is the voting rights act of 1965
Signed in 1965, this act aimed to remove barriers to voters, particularly in the south
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What is a party line voter
If someone shouts. 'Vote blue no matter who," they might be described as this kind of voter
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What is Click Bait
"These puppies were carried off by a hawk! You'll never guess what happens next!"
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What is Ottawa University
I attended this university for 4 years
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What is the 24th amendment
A part of the civil rights movement, this amendment placed a federal prohibition on poll taxes and other voter suppression techniques
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What is the National Voter Registration Act
Nicknamed the 'motor voter' act, this act allowed individuals to register to vote when they received or renewed their drivers license.
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What is incumbency advantage
A sitting candidate running for re-election tends to win. This is called
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What is Media Consolidation
NYT buying out smaller papers
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What is The lord of the rings
This is my favorite cinematic trilogy
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What is appointment by state legislatures
Before the 17th amendment passed, this is how senators were selected
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What is the Bipartisan Campaign Reform act of 2002
Spearheaded by McCain and Feingold, this act prohibits soft money from being spent in the name of political parties
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What is political action committee (PAC)
A pool of resources that acts on behalf of a candidate
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What is 24 hour news
CNN and MSNBC
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What is Wrath
This is the title of the book I am currently reading
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