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chapter 15 section 2

  1. When do lawmakers usually listen to voters at home?
    controversial issues
  2. when do lawmakers usually listen to their own opinion?
    little effect on home
  3. most important influences on lawmakers
    voters at home, political party, president, and special interest groups
  4. why do voters opinions matter?
    bcuz during the capaign for reelection, lawmakers call attention to votes that were proular and opponent call attn to votes that werent
  5. how do lawmakers keep track of voter opinions?
    • make trips home
    • speak to as many voters as possible
    • have staff screen mail for important issues
    • send out questionaires
  6. which branch of congress is more independent of their poitical party
    senate
  7. what is party voting strong on?
    • govt intervention on econ
    • farm issues
    • social welfare
  8. what is party voting weaker on?
    • foreign policies (neither party has a strong opinion)
    • civil rights (voters more important)
  9. what do democrats favor more than republicans?
    • welfare programs
    • public job programs
    • tax laws protection lower class
    • govt busines regulation
  10. what do republicans favor more than democrats
    • less spending on govt programs
    • local and state problem solvong (not govt)
    • business and higher income
  11. when do lawmakers as party leaders for advice and why
    when they dont know a lot about an issue and bcuz they share similar ideas
  12. how does the president influence the congress
    appearing on tv and influencing public. also giving or withholding favors.
  13. example of president influencing congress
    1990-1991 bush deployed troops to saudi arabia and publicized his views, putting pressure on congress to vote on action in the persian gulf
  14. example of withholding favors
    mid 1960s= senator frank church of idaho criticized Lyndon Johnson and showd him an article by Walter lippman= "next time you need a dam in idaho, ask walter lippman"
  15. Lobbyists
    representatives of interest groups who try to get congress and government officials to support a point of view
  16. lobbying
    persuading officials to support a point of view
  17. Methods of lobbyists
    provide lawmakers info on their topic, cisit lawmakeres offices or capital lobbies (hence name) encourage letters from citizens, focus on con comms that deal with their issue (farm groups focus on agriculture)
  18. What are believed to be more important than lobbyists?
    political action committees (PACs)
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chapter 15 section 2
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