POS 160 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Bipartisan Campaign Reform Act, A New Era
16 May 2019
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The condition of political parties: party members make up 60% of the population, increasingly candidate-centered, professionalized. Party organization: party committees, party leaders, and activists: state parties (central committee, local parties, factions. Party in electorate: citizens who identify with the party. Third parties have trouble getting on state ballots although public interest is increasing. Types of interest groups (group of people who want to influence policy; nra: business, labor, professional associates, consumer groups. In states with strong parties, interest groups are weak; states with weak parties have strong interest groups. Local-level interest groups: focus on administrative agencies and departments, neighborhood organizations. Successful interest groups: 12 characteristics that increase political clout. Lobbying: refers to anyone receiving compensation to influence legislative action, grassroots lobbying. Political action committees (pacs): raise and distribute campaign funds. A new era of campaigns: using old and new media, free media time, paid advertisement, the internet, negative campaigning, fair ad, false ad, deceptive ad.
