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@@ -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