AP Government Jeopardy – Public Opinion and Participation
description
Transcript of AP Government Jeopardy – Public Opinion and Participation
Politics and You
What do you
think?
It’s My Party
Shifting Loyalties
Interest-ing
Media, & image
Mis-cell-any
100 100 100 100 100 100 100
200 200 200 200 200 200 200
300 300 300 300 300 300 300
400 400 400 400 400 400 400
500 500 500 500 500 500 500
AP Government Jeopardy – Public Opinion and Participation
Final Jeopardy! QuestionPublic Opinion & Participation
Mass Media
A set of basic values and beliefs about
government shared by most citizens
Political culture
Politics & You 100
Process by which citizens acquire political values and beliefs and
develop a political identity
Political socialization
Politics & You 200
A set of basic values and beliefs held by an
individual that creates a basic structure through
which they interpret politics and determine
their positions on issues
Ideology
Politics & You 300
Party membershipBased on individual self-identification,
formalized when you register to vote
Politics & You 400
An organization of citizens (linkage
institution) whose goal is to shape public policy
towards a particular end, focusing on issues
of concern to their membership
Interest group
Politics & You 500
Attitudes and beliefs relating to public policy
and politics, often measured by polls
Public opinion
What do you think? 100
A measure of reliability of a poll, reduced
through valid methods and procedures such as
random sampling, unbiased question
wording
Sampling error
What do you think? 200
Person supportive of reform and change; in
the U.S., this is generally a person who supports government
action to promote individual welfare and
civil rights
Liberal (“left”)
What do you think? 300
Person who supports traditional values and lifestyles; in the U.S.,
this is generally a person who favors
lower taxes and a more limited governmental
role
Conservative (“right”)
What do you think? 400
Those who influence others; can be
government officials, but are also often
individuals outside government (like
celebrities)
Opinion leaders
What do you think? 500
A system in which minor parties do not
play a major role except as “spoilers”;
encourages moderation; describes the U.S. party
system
Two-party system
It’s My Party 100
The major area of growth in party
identification; a person who is not a member of
any political party
Independent
It’s My Party 200
Founded just before the Civil War; dominated politics from 1860 to
1932, often controlling both the presidency and
Congress
Republican Party
It’s My Party 300
Dominant party from 1932 to 1968; main
opposition party from 1860 to 1932
Democratic Party
It’s My Party 400
Document that spells out the party’s stand on public policy issues;
adopted at the national convention every four
years
Party Platform
It’s My Party 500
CoalitionGroups bound together in
their support of a candidate or party; may become the basis for a
long-lasting party majorityEx: Majority of blacks, Jews, Catholics, labor
unions, and women who supported the New Deal
Shifting Loyalties 100
Divided governmentCharacterizes U.S.
government since 1968, with no dominant political
party; different parties often control the
presidency and one or both houses of Congress
Shifting Loyalties 200
GridlockCondition in which there is no dominant party and
both parties have the power to block the
changes sought by the other; a result of divided
government and party polarization
Shifting Loyalties 300
Electoral realignmentDramatic shift in voting
parties as a new coalition is formed; often results in replacement of dominant party and a new political
eraEx: Civil War, Great
Depression, and Civil Rights all caused this to
happen Shifting Loyalties 400
Critical electionElection in which sharp changes in the existing patterns of party loyalty
occur as a result of social and economic conditions
Shifting Loyalties 500
Economic Interest GroupsThe most common type of interest group; including labor (such as the AFL-
CIO), groups like the U.S. Chambers of Commerce,
and professional organizations (such as the
National Education Association)
Interest-ing100
LobbyingAttempting to influence
policymakers at national, state, and local levels
through the use of personal contacts, getting interest-group members to contact policymakers, or working together with related interest groups
Interest-ing200
Grassroots MobilizationGetting members of
interest groups (or parties) directly involved in
politics; this may include contacting policymakers
via e-mail, telephone, mail, fax, or personal visit
– or it may include citizens getting involved
in electioneering Interest-ing300
LitigationUse of the court system by an interest group in order to block/force an agency’s
actionEx: Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka
(1954)
Interest-ing400
Political Action Committee (PAC)
An organization created by a corporation, labor
union, or interest group to raise campaign funds for candidate(s) for federal office; regulated by the
FEC
Interest-ing500
Third partiesParties not likely to win
campaigns, but often instrumental in producing new ideas and reforms, as well as siphoning off votes
from major party candidates
Not really related to media… but I couldn’t find another
place for it! Media & Image 100
Federal Communications Commission (FCC)
Independent regulatory agency over broadcast
media (radio, TV, telephone, cable),
enforcing federal laws
Media & Image 200
Horse-race journalismTendency of media to
focus on which candidate is winning or daily
agenda, not on issues of an election
Media & Image 300
Sound biteQuotes of newsmakers taken out of context; a symptom of broadcast
media’s tendency to cover most stories in a minute or
two, which makes presentation of complex
issues difficult
Media & Image 400
Media eventsNews staged by a
candidate, official, or interest group to get the attention of the media or
influence coverageEx: photo-ops, speeches,
press conferences
Media & Image 500
Political partyVoluntary association of people who seek to elect officials who share their
common political principles and goals
Mis-cell-any100
Single-member districtsDivision into legislative districts with a winner elected in each district;
serves to shut minor parties out of the
legislature
Mis-cell-any 200
Proportional representationRepresentation in the
legislature is based on the proportion of the popular
vote won nationwide; promotes a multiparty
system
Mis-cell-any 300
Single-issue partiesThird party focused on a narrow area of concern
Ex: Free Soil Party opposed to extension of
slavery to U.S. territories, Prohibition Party
Mis-cell-any 400
National committeeManages party affairs between conventions, elected by state party
organizations; chooses national party chairperson
Mis-cell-any 500
• Name three current trends in mass media
FINAL JEOPARDY
• Decline of newspapers• Rise of the internet (selective news)• Growth of cable TV/focused news programming (sacrificing objectivity)
• Concentration of media ownership (giving certain individuals/groups a greater voice
in agenda setting)
FINAL JEOPARDY