POL_S 317 Lecture Notes - Lecture 22: Political Action Committee
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Presidents: instead of or in addition to negotiating with congress. Members of congress: instead of or in addition to negotiating with other members/president. Interest groups: instead of or in addition to lobbying public officials. News coverage: journalists reliance on official source, increasing adversarial journalism. Decreased presidential control over the national press. Presidents are more effective at going public (using the media) than. Why: congress = numerous actors who are divided (multiple voices) Incongruent media markets (congressional district does not equal the media market) Members of congress who are more likely to get the attention of the media: members with power (party and committee leaders, members running for president. Frame the policy debate in terms of their own choosing. Conventional lobbying (aiming at public officials) vs issue advertising (aiming at elite and mass opinion) Increasing roles since 2010 (citizens united vs fec) (cid:1) (cid:1) (cid:1) (cid:1: super pacs, 501 4 (cid:1)
