Campaigns and Elections

What is a Soundbite?

• brief recorded statement (as by a public figure) broadcast especially on a television news program. also : a brief catchy comment or saying.

• Negative campaigning to deliberately spread negative information about someone to worsen their public image

• Political Action Committee: are organizational device used by corporations, labor union, and other organizations to raise money for campaign contributions

• Citizens state donations

• Candidates use their own money

What are mudslide campaigns?

• brief recorded statement (as by a public figure) broadcast especially on a television news program. also : a brief catchy comment or saying.

• Negative campaigning to deliberately spread negative information about someone to worsen their public image

• Political Action Committee: are organizational device used by corporations, labor union, and other organizations to raise money for campaign contributions

• Citizens state donations

• Candidates use their own money

What are the ways that candidates fund their elections(multiple correct answers)?

• →Interest Groups

• →PACS

• →Citizens state donations

• →Candidates use their own money

• →Dark Money

What does PACS stand for and what is its definition?

• Political Action Committee

• are organizational device used by corporations, labor union, and other organizations to raise money for campaign contributions

  →Citizens state donations

• This is political spending by nonprofits do not need to disclose the sources of their contributions.

• corporations, nonprofits, and businesses are protected by the First Amendment “Freedom of Speech.” Super PACs

• • The PACS are for helping campaigns and raising money while Super PACS is protected with the first amendment and dark money does not disclose anything.

What is dark money ?

• Political Action Committee

• are organizational device used by corporations, labor union, and other organizations to raise money for campaign contributions

  →Citizens state donations

• This is political spending by nonprofits do not need to disclose the sources of their contributions.

• corporations, nonprofits, and businesses are protected by the First Amendment “Freedom of Speech.” Super PACs

• • The PACS are for helping campaigns and raising money while Super PACS is protected with the first amendment and dark money does not disclose anything.

What is SuperPacs ?

• Political Action Committee

• are organizational device used by corporations, labor union, and other organizations to raise money for campaign contributions

  →Citizens state donations

• This is political spending by nonprofits do not need to disclose the sources of their contributions.

• corporations, nonprofits, and businesses are protected by the First Amendment “Freedom of Speech.” Super PACs

• • The PACS are for helping campaigns and raising money while Super PACS is protected with the first amendment and dark money does not disclose anything.

What are the differences between the three?

• Political Action Committee

• are organizational device used by corporations, labor union, and other organizations to raise money for campaign contributions

  →Citizens state donations

• This is political spending by nonprofits do not need to disclose the sources of their contributions.

• corporations, nonprofits, and businesses are protected by the First Amendment “Freedom of Speech.” Super PACs

• • The PACS are for helping campaigns and raising money while Super PACS is protected with the first amendment and dark money does not disclose anything.

According to Brown et al., what was the Campaign Reform Act of 2002

• Created after in 1989, Lonnie “Bo” Pilgrim handed out 10, 000 checks on the Texas Senate Floor, leaving the “payable to” lines blank.

• ((1993) is a state agency that enforces state standards for lobbyists and public officials, including registration of lobbyists and reporting of political campaign contributions)

• Citizens Donations; and regulates campaign finance

• campaign money raised apart from federal regulation and can be given directly to one candidate.

• campaign money raised for a specific candidate in federal elections and spent according to federal laws and restrictions.

What is the Texas Ethics Commission

• Created after in 1989, Lonnie “Bo” Pilgrim handed out 10, 000 checks on the Texas Senate Floor, leaving the “payable to” lines blank.

• ((1993) is a state agency that enforces state standards for lobbyists and public officials, including registration of lobbyists and reporting of political campaign contributions)

• Citizens Donations; and regulates campaign finance

• campaign money raised apart from federal regulation and can be given directly to one candidate.

• campaign money raised for a specific candidate in federal elections and spent according to federal laws and restrictions.

Why was this commission created

• Created after in 1989, Lonnie “Bo” Pilgrim handed out 10, 000 checks on the Texas Senate Floor, leaving the “payable to” lines blank.

• ((1993) is a state agency that enforces state standards for lobbyists and public officials, including registration of lobbyists and reporting of political campaign contributions)

• Citizens Donations; and regulates campaign finance

• campaign money raised apart from federal regulation and can be given directly to one candidate.

• campaign money raised for a specific candidate in federal elections and spent according to federal laws and restrictions.