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Consistency and consistuenents
Message
Voter contact
Field plan
Paid media
Earned media
Retail politics
Government efforts
Know your audience
Know who votes
Know the precincts (local)

Who will vote for your candidate (supporters)
Why will they do so (motivation)

Candidates base
Opponents base
Undecided
Likely voters

Caucus season starts in Iowa on Feb 3rd

The primary season starts in New Hampshire on Feb 10

Jully 11th in Louisiana

candidates for the same political office have equal opportunity to communicate their message to the public

individuals have the opportunity to respond to personal attacks made on tv or radio broadcasts

required that broadcasters who aired programs on controversial issues provide time for opposing views.

1790-1840, federalist papers

1850-1920

1930-1960

1970-1980

1990-now

the FEC opened the door to a wave of mergers and consolidations in media ownership as big corporations took over long-standing news organizations.

Watch dog role
Supports the public agenda via gatekeeping and framing
Supports the free exchange of ideas, information, and opinions

Staging
Spinning
Utlizing the 24/7 news cycle
Decline in old media- news papers are plummeting, major news channels in decline, rise in enclave media

Messenger becomes the listener
Stories and told and shared
Donors become fundraisers
Everyone who wants to participate can, and does.

Build relationships with supporters
Create a campaign community
Engage citizens in the political process
Turn every supporter into a volunteer
Provide tools for campaigning from any place at any time
Share everything to build trust
Get a message out without media framing or gatekepeing

New media allows non-elites to frame and distribute content made by eliltes

6.6 Billion

22.5 million

presidential candidates spent about 33.5 million in 2022

presidential campaigns were limited to 12 million but spent around 300 million

unless something says a state official Can NOT do something assume you can

unless a law says you CAN do something assume you can NOT

incopoarted political jusrisdiction fromed to provide self-governance to particular locallities

local goverment whose powers governance structure and legal status vary considerably from state to state

strong governors, less professionalism, stronger two-party competition, more innovative, direct democracy, IGR.

libertarian undertones, support- medical, receration marajuna, gambling, same-sex marrgiage, euthnaissa, bothels

Rancher
Lt governor of montana (1991-1997)
Us house from 2001 to 2013
At large member one seat in us house.
Easily won re-election in 02-10
Voted with party 91% of the time

Farmer
Music teacher
School board and soil conversvation science board member
President of montana senate 1999-2007
Elected to senate in 2006, 2012, and 2018
Only meber of demortictic party to hold state-wide office in montana

constitution granuntess of the right to vote are inexact and conflicting which has given the supreme court justice leeway in decding voting rights cases.

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the court strikes down grandfather clause , 30 years after the passing of the 15th ammendment

court strikes down white-only primaries, 40 years after the passing of the 15th ammendment

court stirkes down literacy tests, 70 years after the 15 ammedment is passed

the voting rights act of 1964

6-3 SC upholds idanianas strict voter id laws, concluding it was a valid exercise of their power to run elections granted in article 1 sec 2.

republican officials in shelbly county, alabama field suit claiming that federal oversight of their election proceedings violated their consistitional rights.
Supere court in a 5-4 decision, sided with Shelby county, invalidating as unconstitutional section four of the voting rights act on grounds that its formula for determining which jurisdictions were subject to oversight was outdated.

within a year of shelby county every state previously subjected to the preclearnace requirement had changed its voter eligibility rules.

grants states board authority over voter eligibility, conflicts with 15, 14 Amendment.

court recgonizes the right to vote as a basic consistional right of citizenship

Rational choice theory
Re-election is the ket
Structure of congress
Committe assignments
House of reps
Work within dc

Power and policy making
Exmaines work back home
Bulding trust is key

Board consistuenies
Likely voters
Primary supporters
Intimates

powersharing

unicameral assembly with 108 members of the legislative assembly

the single transferrbale vote

social construction and reconstruction. Male dominance in traditional society is a social construct

females have systamtically been supressed and oppressed by men thus “radical” shits must occur

liberal tradition of freedom, eqaualilty, and justice are important in securing the primary focus here which is gender eqaulity through political and legal refrom

Higher standards of living across the board
Greater concern for marginalized citizens including women and children
More laws regarding comperehesive laws on sexual harassment, rape, divorce, and domestic violence

women