The Executive and Federal Bureaucracy
Ch. 7
The Importance of Nominations
Nomination
general elections
Self announcement
caucus
The Convention
The Direct Primary
The Closed Primary
The Open Primary
The Closed vs the Open Primary
The Runoff Primary
The Nonpartisan Primary
Evaluation of the Primary
The Presidential Primary
Nomination by Petition
Administration of Elelctions
The Extent of Federal Control
When Electons Are Held
The Coattail Effect
precint
polling places
ballot
The Australian Ballot
The Office-Group Ballot
The Party-Column Ballot
Sample Ballots
The Long and the short of It
Voting Machines and Innovations
Electronic vote counting
Vote by Mail Elections
Campaign Spending Amounts
Private Givers
(PACS) political Action committees
Why People Give
Regulating Campaign Finance
Disclosure Requirements
The Role of PACs
Limits on Contributions
Limits on Expenditures
Public Funding of Presidential Campaigns
Preconvention Period
National Convention
Presidential Campaigns
Ch. 8
What is Public Opinion?
Definition
Factors That Shape Public Opinion
The Schools
opinion leader
The Mass Media
A Mix of Factors
The Challenge of Measuring Public Opinion
Measurement Through Elections
mandate
Measurement Through Interest Groups
Measurement Through the Media
Measurement Through Personal Contacts
public opinion poll
straw vote
Scientific Polling
The Polling Process
sample
random sample
quota sample
Evaluation of Polls
Limits on the Force of Public Opinion
An Overview of the Mass Media
medium
mass media
Television
Newspapers
Radio
Magazines
The Media’s Impact on Politics
The Public Agenda
Electoral Politics
sound bites
Limits on Media Influence