front 1 Condorcet Cycling | back 1 No matter the winner of the vote, there is always a majority that prefers someone else. (A > B > C | C> A > B | B > C > A ) |
front 2 Interest Groups | back 2 txt-book: "organized groups of people seeking to influence public policy" |
front 3 Agenda setting | back 3 determining the alternatives - whoever sets agenda -> influences outcomes |
front 4 Political Party | back 4 A long term coalition of groups seeking to influence elections and public policy - parties form coalitions share interests or differences |
front 5 Partisanship | back 5 A citizen's feeling of personal attachment to a political party happens thru 1. cog. bias 2. social identity 3. rational self-interest |
front 6 Party Cues | back 6 Signals that party leaders send to voters, which voters can use as "shortcuts" in taking a position (exmpl. calling something woke or liberal? for maga?) |
front 7 Party Ideology | back 7 The collection of issue positions and political principles advocated by party leaders - different groups w/i a party coalition affect the party ideology - not all parties have a coherent or single ideology |
front 8 Median voter theorem | back 8 in a unidimensional policy space, electoral candidates choose policy platforms at the preference of the median voter |
front 9 Electoral blindspot | back 9 median voter is uncertain about positioning and ideology of parties OR vote based on other factors |