POS 2041 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Federal Election Campaign Act, Actor Model, Communitarianism

• School: University of Florida
• Department: Political Science
• Course: POS 2041
• Professor: Beth Ann Rosenson

Document Summary

Polling, public opinion v political culture, unbiased, random sample, stratified sample, sampling error/margin of error, distribution of public opinion, skewed, bimodal, normal, stability of public opinion. Who doesn"t: age, wealth, education, race, status of your party in district/state, other participation, donate $ to campaign (older voters more likely, volunteer for campaign, attend political rally (younger voters more likely, contact a public official (older) Election process: caucuses and primaries: types of primaries, closed, semi-closed, open, blanket (invalidated by scotus. Anyone can vote with split-ticket despite party registration??: nonpartisan blanket primaries (state and local level) Funding of elections: federal election campaign act (1974, placed limits ton contributions to pres and congress campaigns. Interest group contributions to paccs limited to . Limited independent expenditures (spending not coordinating with candidate. Loophole on contribution limits "soft money" (donations in form of merchandise, stickers, etc: federal election commission, 6 member bipartisan commission to administer and enforce cf laws, bipartisan campaign reform act 2002, bans soft money.