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| author | Holden Rohrer <hr@hrhr.dev> | 2020-09-18 18:42:44 -0400 |
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| committer | Holden Rohrer <hr@hrhr.dev> | 2020-09-18 18:42:49 -0400 |
| commit | 55c0c95c311eac66ef55f4b067a80bd8baa69e00 (patch) | |
| tree | 716379724f2f184265819ece812776d67b82215f /rich | |
| parent | 84b0faeb02cae815fe5e2138cbb70323b8fca601 (diff) | |
The old joke
If pros and cons are opposite, what is the opposite of Congress?
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diff --git a/rich/15_congress b/rich/15_congress index 06ad5fd..5704186 100644 --- a/rich/15_congress +++ b/rich/15_congress @@ -65,3 +65,45 @@ Functions/Responsibilities of Congress - Despite the quantity of these, things fall through the cracks - Ex: FEMA officer during Katrina lied on his resume. - There is a lot of legislation and officials. + - These leaders are super important because quality trickles dwn +5) Public education + - Agenda setting: what Congress cares about/addresses/investigates + - Town halls are often representative -> constituent info + - Email campaign + - CSPAN + - American public not actually very receptive to education +6) "Conflict Resolution and Accommodation" + - Discussion, debate, hearings, compromise + +Congressional Elections and Voting +- Factors influencing outcomes + - Advertising is huge + - Electoral design (future class) + - Presidential elections + - "Coattails" = popular president makes party more popular + - Evidenced by swinging elections towards pres. party + - "Short" or "long" coattails + - Money! + - Spend on increasing turnouts + - Spend on constituents + - VERY helpful but not sufficient + - Big incumbent advantage (3 reasons - Mayhew) + - Built-in offices and staff on the Hill + - Network connections for a campaign + - Committees and credit for working towards constituents + - Universal credit = corona/cancer research, ex + - Personal credit = stamp of approval on funds for district + - Parties support reelections (money, ads) for tenure + - Since 1968, >75% of incumbent senators are reelected and 90% + of incumbent Representatives are reelected. +- Congressional Reapportionment + - Redistricting for House, like Census-based. + - Movement from North, NE southward and westward + - Governors help control reapportionment, help control election +Permanent Reapportionment Act of 1929 +- Didn't want to favor "urbanized" areas + - Republicans in 1920 against "overrepresentation" of areas like + Detroit +- Limits House to 435 (zero sum representation) + - Encourages gerrymandering, district design + - Restrict debate a bit, changed power-grab dynamics |