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☆☆☆☆☆It is one of the most dangerous institutions in American politics today and should be abolished. The primary impact of the Electoral College is that it gives the citizens of some states more influence over the presidential election than citizens of other states.
state governments grant local governments their power but do not tend to interfere with their day -to-day responsibilities
pressure from media executives
sensationalism
lobbying officials and forming political action committees (PACs)
filling lawsuits and lobbying officials
state governments and the federal government share certain powers, such as setting and collecting taxes
the supremacy clause of the constitution ensures that it overrules state constitutions and laws that address the same matters
providing public services in specific geographic areas
voters in a district select one candidate to fill a a particular office
they are winner-takes-all election
zoning
electrical power
libraries
they lack power unless they are well funded-CST TEST 5.4.2 just answered it
building public support for party candidates and positions
( Government, 5.4.2 Test) The popularity of the web >>>> led to >>>>>A decrease in the readership of print media
closed primaries apex
allowed to participate
- only registered members of a party
it weakened campaign finance laws by ruling that corporations and unions could not be prohibited from running ads, and that corporations could spend an unlimited amount on federal elections
Its Chamber is part of bicameral federal legislature
restrictions on who can receive public campaign funds ---->the persistence of the two-part system
( Government 5.4.2 Test)
The supremacy clause of the Constitution ensures that it overrules state constitutions laws that address the same matters.
