Lecture 32POLS 103 1st EditionOutline of Last Lecture 1. Brazilian Election2. Taiwan and Hong Kong3. China/Constitution4. Jihad Ideology5. Russia/ West Outline of Current Lecture II. US Midterm electionsIII. Results Current LectureUS Midterm ElectionsElections have effects on US policy both domestic and foreign, though less foreign policyGood news:4 billion dollars was spent on midterm elections- shows that people care about the results10,000 people were elected- few other places can claim they have this much democracyBad news:A lot of problems center around “governance”- our ability to make decisions/change policygovernance issues are problems all citizens agree are problems- they just can’t agree on how to handle themThese 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.Veto Points there are a lot of places in the US system for small groups to prevent the entire government from taking actionthe system was designed to be active, not reactive lots of places to block actionone of the consequences of this is we have an increasingly dysfunctional government rather than reform bureaucracy, we simply add to itResults of Elections Both houses now Republican this is a huge shifFraming: about how the media/people examine a story how we look at, examine an issueframing is a huge issue, very important, and the parties fight over how to frame an issueRepublicans now control issues, what gets voted onthis is - “power over the agenda”These notes represent a detailed interpretation of the professor’s lecture. GradeBuddy is best used as a supplement to your own notes, not as a
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