Murad's AP Govt Blog

1. According to the research, who is more likely to become a lobbyist, a member of the House or the Senate? 1. The senate. 2. Why were Congressmen less likely to become lobbyists in the 1970s and 1980s? 2. Lobbying simply wasn't anywhere near as big, and absolutely nowhere near as much money was involved. 3. Why does this research likely underestimate the revolving door? 3. It only reports the registered lobbyists, and not those who work under the radar. 4. Why do you think committee chairmen are more likely to become lobbyists?   4. They have much stronger connections with important members. 5. Does the author think that registration requirements help prevent former Congressmen from lobbying?  Why? 5. No, he believes that they will still lobby without registering. 6. What is the difference in money spent on lobbying between "public interest lobbies" and corporations? 6. One dollar from the public interest lobbies to 34 dollars from corpor...

1.  What was the overall general finding of Broockman and Kalla’s analysis of campaign activities? a: "nobody targeted was persuaded" 2.  What two time frames did Broockman and Kalla analyze in their study? a: the 2015 and 2016 election periods. 3.  At what rate did they find that people were actually persuaded with campaign activities close to the election? a: either by -5.3% to 1.5%, smaller than the margin of error 4. How were the results different in the study between activities months before the election, and those that occur close to the election day? a: People were less likely to change their views the closer they got to the election. 5. What types of voting are campaign activities most likely to impact voter outcomes? a: Local voting and state level voting 6. What type of effect did they find that canvassing can have? a: a whopping 11% difference 7. What potential lessons could their experiments have for political campaigns in t...