POLS 2312 1st Edition Lecture 11 Outline of Last Lecture I. Campaigns and restrictionsII. demographics of elected officialsOutline of Current Lecture I. campaignsII. minoritiesCurrent Lecture- Who’s responsible for negative campaigning?: - Candidates: win at any cost- Media: close contest generate interest- Consultants: negative campaigning works- Electorate: tolerates negative campaigning by their apathy- Campaign Finance: the money used to finance a campaign: Personal wealth, Individuals who supports a candidates views, Political Action Committees (PACs)- Texas Campaign Finance Laws: Focus on disclosure not enforcement - Texas Ethics Commission: Created to monitor lobbyist and candidate campaigns. All candidates and lobbyist must register with TEC - Campaign Reform Act of 2002: Required some candidates to disclose the source of their income and wealth. Prohibits law makers from lobbying for clients before State agencies- Candidates began realizing potential of Latino vote as seen by LULAC. La Raza Unida Party, Founded in 1969 by Jose Angel Gutierrez- La Raza Unida was Co-opted by Democrat Party- Issue of immigration reform- Other minorities in politics include women, blacks, Latinos.- 1920 -19th Amendment ratified granting “women suffrage.” Through 1990, only four women had held statewide public office.- Over 1 million voting age African Americans in Texas which is 10 percent of state’s potential voters- 80 percent of state’s African Americans of voting age support Democratic candidatesThese 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.- Universal Suffrage: the right for all citizens 18 years or older to vote, did not become a reality until the 1970s.- The 14th and 15th Amendments to the U.S. Constitution theoretically gave every American male the right to
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