Ap Flashcards

8084495955	Tillman Act (1907)	Prohibited corporations from making direct contributions to candidates for federal office.	0
8084495956	Federal Election Commission	Independent regulatory agency that was founded to regulate the campaign finance legislation	1
8084495957	voter canvass	process by which a campaign reaches individual voters(door-to-door solicitation, telephone)	2
8084495958	Bipartisan Campaign Reform Act	Regulate soft money and reduce issue advocacy ads	3
8084495959	Citizens United v. FEC	Says corporations have free speech and can donate to campaigns	4
8084495960	Soft money is	A political contribution not regulated by federal law	5
8084495961	independent expenditures	spending for campaign activity that is not coordinated with a candidate's campaign and there is no limit	6
8084495962	PACs tend to contribute the most money to	incumbents.	7
8084495963	Super PACs	Raise unlimited amount of money but can't directly give money to the candidate	8
8084495964	501(c) groups	interest groups whose primary purpose is not electoral politics and can't spend more then 51% on a campaign	9
8084495965	527 groups	political groups organized to promote issues and mobilize voters no limit on how much money can be spent	10
8084495966	Negative ads	Attack the opponents character	11
8084495967	Positive ad	Stress the candidates positive aspects	12
8084495968	contrast advertisements	Ads that compare the records of proposals of the candidates with the bias towards the candidate sponsoring it	13
8084495969	incoulation ad	That attempts to counter act and anticipated act from the opposition before the attack is launched	14