POL 1 Study Guide - Final Guide: Brittleness, Twenty-Fifth Amendment To The United States Constitution, Symbolic Power
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Starts at presidential campaigns, ends at last lecture. Mc, t/f, ids, 2 essays (one short, one long) Political campaigns for nomination (need to organize early; capture media coverage, etc. ) political campaigns for general election (conventions, debates, battleground states) importance of political campaigns when. Too many groups organized with a large number of lobbyists in. Washington, raising a big issue that engages almost all of them just paralyzes washington instead of mobilizing. Reforms not always achieved but issues are pushed to the top of the agenda. Constitutional power: strongest branch in domestic policy. Three branches are not actually equal in power. Congress is single-most powerful domestic policy making body. How well do representatives and senators represent their constituents. Explanations for incumbents high rates of reelection. Change in power of congressional leaders across 20th and 21st centuries. Constitutional power: leader of foreign policy and national security, collaborator on domestic policy; ceo bureaucracy. Leader of people or rhetorical president/technology for going public.
