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Groups
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What is political socialization?
How Americans acquire political attitudes
and forms values and opinions about the
political system
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Define coattails
The tendency of lesser-known or weaker
candidates to profit in an election by the
presence on the ticket of a more popular
candidate
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What was McCulloch v. Maryland?
1819--The Court ruled that states cannot tax the
federal government, i.e. the Bank of the United
States; the phrase "the power to tax is the power
to destroy"; confirmed the constitutionality of the
Bank of the United States.
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Which court case established the “one man, one vote?”
Baker v. Carr; Ordered state legislative districts to
be as near equal as possible in population
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What was established/disputed in Shaw v.
Reno?
NO racial gerrymandering; race cannot be
the sole or predominant factor in
redrawing legislative boundaries;
majority-minority districts.
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In the United States, a two party-system has _______ existed
Always
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Define ticket splitting
It is when a voter chooses the presidential nominee
of one major party, but chooses congressional
nominees of the other major party
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Which event(s) shook the relationship between the
media and politicians?
The Vietnam War and Watergate Scandal
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The media seem to have the least effect in terms of
How people vote
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Thousands of PACS were created to raise funds for
candidates after which act?
The Federal Election Campaign Act of 1974
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Which type of election is used in the majority of states to
select party nominees for public office?
A closed primary
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What is the best description of independent voting
in the United States?
The percentage of American voters identifying
themselves as "independents" has increased in
recent years
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Which state holds a caucus, not a primary election , to
select party nominees for the presidency…and is also the
first to have ever held a caucus?
Iowa
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What is the name of the group that would most likely be
criticized by those who feel that the presidential election
process is not democratic enough?
The Electoral College
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When President Herbert Hoover and the Republicans were crushed in
the election of 1932, voters were responding to the severity of the Great
Depression under Hoover's presidency by what type of voting?
Retrospective Voting
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Whose vote can break a tie in the House?
The Vice President, who is the President of
the House
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What can divided party control of the Congress cause?
Congressional Gridlock
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A bill to raise taxes would first be referred to the
House- Ways and Means Committee
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After a House committee reviews a bill and writes its report,
the bill goes to the
The House Rules Committee
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In which way is Congress representative of the
American people?
It is substantively representative, not
descriptively
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What is an interest group?
An organization of people with similar policy goals entering the
political process to try to achieve those aims.
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Since the 1960s, the number of interest groups has
Risen rapidly
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The free-rider problem refers to
potential members of a group failing to join the
actual group, as they know they will
receive the same benefits whether they are active
members or not.
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According to James Madison in Federalist Paper No. 1,
the way to prevent any one group from
having too much power is to
Increase the scope and number of groups
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According to ________ theorists, interest groups compete
and counterbalance one another in
the political marketplace
Pluralist
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Define checks and balances
System in which each branch of government can
limit the power of the other two branches
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Define block grant
Funds granted to the states for a broadly defined
purpose. Shift resources to states, so as to contribute
to growing number of state & local government
employees.
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Define hyperpluralist theory
The theory that governmentt policy is weakened and often
contradictory because there are so many competing interest
groups.
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Define Iron Triangle
An alliance among an administrative agency, an
interest group, and a congress. committee. Each
member provides key services, information, or
policy for others.
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Define senatorial courtesy
An unwritten tradition whereby the Senate will not
confirm nomination for lower c positions that are
occupied by a senator of the President’s own party
from the state that nomination is to serve.