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Lobbying

Definition - the act of attempting to influence decisions made by officials in the government, most often legislators or members of regulatory agencies. Application to US Government – Interest groups will send lobbyists to attempt to persuade government officials to vote for the groups issue

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Lobbying

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  1. Definition - the act of attempting to influence decisions made by officials in the government, most often legislators or members of regulatory agencies. Application to US Government – Interest groups will send lobbyists to attempt to persuade government officials to vote for the groups issue • Example: Darcy Kemnitz, a ex-lobbyist for PETA, who lobbied for animal rights Lobbying

  2. Definition - refers collectively to all media technologies that are intended to reach a large audience via mass communication. The Mass Media aims to influence the government by reporting the anything that the source considers news (i.e. debates/reports on officials/news stories/etc.) Application to US Government – The media is the method that communicates all the news and issues being discussed and can influence the officials by reports or showing flaws in platforms/decisions Example: Coverage of the Occupy Wall Street Protest against SOPA Mass Media and Influence on Government

  3. Definition – redistributing the amount of delegates that each state receives after each decennial census Application to US Government – Reapportionment applies to US Government in the way that the reapportionment of the delegates affects the votes which are cast in the House and Senate. Example: New York lost 2 delegates during the 2010 Reapportionment Reapportionment

  4. Definition - the process of drawing United States electoral district boundaries, often in response to population changes determined by the results of the decennial census. • Application to US Government – The redistricting changes the number of voters per district influencing the vote and government • Example: See image redistricting

  5. Definition – a practice that attempts to establish a political advantage for a particular party or group by manipulating geographic boundaries • Application to US Government – Gerrymandering changes the votes by swaying it to how the boundaries are drawn. Gerrymandering is an unfair advantage to the controlling party to attempt to win control of the next congress. • Example: North Carolina’s 12 Congressional District gerrymandering

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