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Assignment:

1. How does the power problem relate to political participation? What is civic engagement? In what ways have the right to vote been expanded and protected over US history How is roting related tatie? question of "how" democratic the United States is? What kinds of factors help explain wly sone people vote and others don't? How do individual explanations contrast with system explanations)

2. ?What are the purposes of elections? What are initiatives and referenda: How are elections regulated??What is a primary election? What are the differences between the types of primary elections?

3. ?Which offices are elected through national elections? In what ways do presidential tickets get balanced? How does the Electoral College work? What are the main criticisms of the Electoral College? How frequently are congressional elections held? How often is each House seat up for reelection? How does gerrymandering affect elections?

4. ?What is an election campaign? Why are campaign messages important? [Money in campaigns was covered in OS Chapter 7, which we read earlier.] What is the campaign machine?

5. ?How do communications media affect campaigning? What is the relationship between campaign organizations and the media? How have social media and digital campaigning affected the campaign process? What is the role of fact-checking?

6. What are some effective approaches to civic engagement?

• Key terms and concepts-define and explain
• Campaign
• Campaign machine
• Caucus
• Civic duty model
• Civic engagement
• Electoral College
• Gerrymandering
• Individual explanations
• Political efficacy
• Primaries, open and closed
• Presidential primary
• Rational choice model
• Redistricting
• Retail politics
• System explanations
• Voter fatigue
• Voter registration
• Voter turnout
• Wholesale politics