POLS 1312 1st Edition Lecture 10 Outline of Last Lecture I. Party systemII. Voting trendsOutline of Current Lecture I. Campaigns and restrictionsII. demographics of elected officialsCurrent Lecture- Political campaigns reflect the influence of the media via tvs, trash talks and money.- TV and radio ads popular form of campaigning for people- Political action committee: am organization device used by corporations, labor unions, and other organizations to raise money for campaign contributions- Texas Ethics Commission: a state agency that enforces state standards for lobbyist and public officials, including registration of lobbyist and public officials- Campaign Reform Act: enacted by the US congress and signed by George Bush in 2002, this law restricts the donation of soft money and hard money for election campaign- Soft money: donations made to national parties for federal election purposes- Hard money: campaign money donated directly to candidates or political parties and restricted in amount by federal law- By 2013: Latinos have 2 statewide positions, U.S senator, 6 representatives, and 40 legislative seats.- By 2013: blacks have one statewide position, 4 representatives, 20 legislative seatsThese notes represent a detailed interpretation of the professor’s lecture. GradeBuddy is best used as a supplement to your own notes, not as a substitute.- There used to be obstacles to voting with literacy test, poll tax, all white primaries, racial gerrymandering, and diluting minority votes.- Certain government agencies must offer voter registration to clients: i.e motor registration
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