PACs
Donor pooling groups
PACs are political action committees—organizations that raise and spend money to elect or defeat candidates in American politics.
Traditional PACs collect limited donations from individuals, while super PACs can accept unlimited contributions but cannot coordinate directly with campaigns.
The PACs have already spent millions on attack ads. (Singular PAC is the acronym.)
Things given to help
- donationsGifts to organizations
- donorsPeople who give gifts
- bundlingGrouping items as one
- solicitationSeeking to obtain
disclosure · receipts · fundraisers · contribution limits · financial reports · hard money · soft money
Organized efforts toward goals
- candidatesThose seeking selection
- endorsementsFormal declarations of support
- primariesIntraparty nomination contests
- midtermsExams at semester's center
attack ads · opposition research · voter outreach · mailers · get-out-the-vote · battleground states · electoral strategy
Advocating to decision-makers
- legislationOfficial enactment of statutes
- lawmakersElected officials writing statutes
- policyAdopted principle of action
- agendaFormal discussion list
pressure · advocacy · access · relationships · grassroots mobilization · astroturfing · coalition building · special interests
Supreme Court campaign ruling
- dark moneyUndisclosed political contributions
- electioneeringPolitical campaign activity
contributions
Things given to help
solicitation · disclosure · receipts · fundraisers · contribution limits · financial reports · hard money · soft money
campaigns
Organized efforts toward goals
- candidatesThose seeking selection
- endorsementsFormal declarations of support
- primariesIntraparty nomination contests
midterms · attack ads · opposition research · voter outreach · mailers · get-out-the-vote · battleground states · electoral strategy
lobbying
Advocating to decision-makers
- legislationOfficial enactment of statutes
- lawmakersElected officials writing statutes
- policyAdopted principle of action
agenda · pressure · advocacy · access · relationships · grassroots mobilization · astroturfing · coalition building · special interests · revolving door
Citizens United
Supreme Court campaign ruling
- dark moneyUndisclosed political contributions
- electioneeringPolitical campaign activity
- politicsdemocracy, campaigning, campaigns, democrats, bill
- activismboycotts, activists, activist, advocate, demonstrating
- advocacy groupsadvocacy group, lobbying groups, lobby group, NAACP, lobby groups
- campaign financedonations, donation, contributions, contribution, donors
- Corporate Powerlobbying, lobbyist, lobbyists, monopoly, oligarchy
- Political Groupsfaction, Republican Party, caucus, Democratic Party, wing
Local citizen-led collective action
voter registration drives · direct action · protest movements · civic participation · voting
Citizen-led collective action
pack, package, packed, backpack, packing, unpack, packaging, backpacking, packer