Electoral Laws, Elections, Voting and Campaigns

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Electoral Laws, Elections, Voting and Campaigns
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Changes in Elegibility
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Primaries- open and closed
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Terms of different branches
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Single Member District Proportional
Representation

• One vote per person
• Voter votes for a single candidate to represent
  their district

• One vote per person
• Voter votes for a party to represent the country
  as a whole

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Redistricting and Reapportionment
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Mechanical effect Psychological effect
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Duvergers Law
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Spatial Theory of Voting
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Anthony Downs

• Parties in two party systems move towards the
  center

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Electoral College
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Margin of Victory in Presidential elections
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Types of Voting
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Gerrymandering
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Gerrymandered district
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Packing
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Cracking
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Voting rates in 2004
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Voter Turnout by gender
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Voter turnout by age
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Turnout by age
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Voter Turnout by ethnicity
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Campaign Spin
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Expensive Campaigns Average expenditures for
Congressional seats in 2002

• House
• Party All
• No. of Candidates 435
• Average Raised 966,670
• Average Spent 898,184
• Average Cash on Hand 307, 187
• Average from PACs 413, 140
• Average from Individuals498,044

• Senate
• Party All
• No. of Candidates 34
• Average Raised 5 million
• Average Spent 4 million
• Average Cash on Hand 512,999
• Average from PACs 1.2 million
• Average from Individuals 3.3 million

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Campaign Finance

• Hard Money- regulated donations directly given to
  candidates

• Soft Money- funds raised that are not contributed
  directly to candidate campaigns

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Campaigns and PAC
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Campaign reform

• The Bipartisan Campaign Finance Reform Act (also
  known as McCain-Feingold) was signed into law in
  March 2002
• The law will go into effect during the 2004
  election cycle

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