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| 5458444737 | Dye | Policy making process | 0 | |
| 5458447834 | Problem Making Process | 1. Problem ID 2. Agenda setting 3. Policy formulation 4. Policy implementation Evaluation of policies by govt. agencies | 1 | |
| 5458452700 | Olson | free riding | 2 | |
| 5458452701 | free riding | the tendency to assume someone else will take care of the problem because large interest benefits from collective goods | 3 | |
| 5458459818 | Schattschneider | scope of conflict | 4 | |
| 5458461804 | scope of conflict | - Interest groups shed light on theories in politics making it hard to assume that the spectators are uninterested because of free society maximum conflict - Invites high priority to the participation of the public in conflict | 5 | |
| 5458465997 | Sparrow | role money plays | 6 | |
| 5458468023 | role money plays | - Advertising to get someone as a consumer - How much is the news/media informing someone vs how much someone is watching advertisements - Commercial aspect of news affect quantity and quality of public communication | 7 | |
| 5458597376 | Aldrich | political parties/responsible party thesis | 8 | |
| 5458599237 | political parties/responsible party thesis | - Commercial aspect of news affect quantity and quality of public communication - RESPONSIBLE PARTY THESIS: o Make policy commitments to electorate o Are willing/able to carry them out of office o Develop alternative to government policies out of office o Differ sufficiently between themselves to provide the electorate with a proper range of choice between alternative actions | 9 | |
| 5458610269 | Key | Public Opinion | 10 | |
| 5458612041 | Public Opinion | Voters' opinions are predictable based on occupation, religion, etc. voters opinions are prone to be manipulated by politicians depending on what people want to hear | 11 | |
| 5458613769 | Zaller | Public Opinion/RAS | 12 | |
| 5458613770 | Public Opinion/RAS | - Voters' opinions are determined by latent considerations and situational factors - RAS (Receive - Accept - Sample) o People RECEIVE new info, decide whether to ACCEPT it, and then SAMPLE at the moment of answering questions | 13 | |
| 5458620311 | CONTRAST KEY AND ZALLER | Key states that contrary to the framers, voters generally make good decisions when given clear and accurate information. Zaller believes that through the RAS model, people will always identify with their political party due to influences from family, geographic location | 14 | |
| 5458621933 | Duverger's Law | The principal that in a democracy, only two parties' candidates will have a realistic chance of winning political office, as in the US | 15 | |
| 5458624148 | Political socialization | how people form political opinions | 16 | |
| 5458624164 | Campbell | how people develop their party identification | 17 | |
| 5458626104 | how people develop their party identification | - Parents/family - Social class - Anticipated future benefits from government | 18 | |
| 5458628853 | Popkin | voting cues | 19 | |
| 5458630439 | voting cues | pieces of info about a candidate that are easy to interpret and lead a citizen to vote for that candidate o Incumbency (voting for who's already in office) o Partisanship (voting for a candidate whose party affiliation matches your own) o Voting simply for or against the party currently in power | 20 | |
| 5458633668 | Paradox of Voting | the question of why voters who know their vote will have little influence on the outcome of the election should vote | 21 | |
| 5458635738 | Hard money | donations that are used to help elect or defeat a specific candidate | 22 | |
| 5458635739 | Soft money | contributions that can be used for voter mobilization but cannot be used to support or oppose a particular candidate | 23 | |
| 5458638069 | Electoral College | The body that votes to select America's president and vice president based on the popular vote in each state. Each candidate nominates a slate of electors who are selected to attend the meeting of the college if their candidate wins the most votes in a state or district | 24 |
