Study Guide, PLSI 200.11, Spring 2007
The PLSI 200.11 final exam
will be on Wednesday, May 23rd, from 4:10 to 6:55. It is not cumulative. Here are some terms you should be familiar
with. You are also responsible for the assigned readings and the topics covered
in lecture. Please bring a Zeus scantron sheet, a pencil, and a picture ID to the
exam.
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Voting turnout Ways
of calculating turnout Turnout
in different types of elections Voting
age population Voting
eligible population Registered
voters Registered
v. non-registered population Political
socialization Young
voters Political
trust Political
efficacy Vote choice Rational
Actor (Economic) Sociotropic (aspects of the economy) On-Line
(Cognitive Psych) Political parties Party
in the electorate Party
in government Party
Organization Changing nature of parties
over time Declining party power Four functions of parties
(see Wasserman) Responsible Party systems Partisanship (decline or
stability) Election systems Majority
runoff system Instant
runoff voting (IRV) Ranked-choice
voting (RCV) Benefits
and drawbacks of RCV Comparing
election systems Plurality, first-past-the-post Majority runoff Instant-runoff Measuring public opinion Random
samples SLOP
polls Push
polls Reputable
firms Estimates,
margins of error Comparing
results across firms Comparing
results over time |
Polarized public opinion Red
and blue states Myth
of polarization Distortion
in maps Moderate
nature of public Congress
v. the public Interest groups Types of interest groups Lobbying Money and politics Growth in the amount of
money in campaigns 1971 Fed. Elec. Campaign
Act. (FECA) 2002 Bipartisan Campaign
Finance Reform Act (BCRA, or McCain-Feingold) Campaign contributions and
free speech Hard money Soft money PACs 527s Media and politics Changing media Sources of political
information Technology Satellite, Cable, Internet,
Blogs Consolidation of ownership Symbiotic relationship Three models of media effects Hypodermic needle model Minimal effects model Limited effects model Agenda setting Framing |