AP GOV UNIT 3 STUDY GUIDE
These questions cover most of the material on your test. Many of the answers can be found in your
notes. Others can be found in your textbook. Study this material as your test will not be curved due to
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What are political parties? What is their purpose and what are their goals?
What is realignment?
What is a party platform?
Compare past party conventions with their current form.
How do convention delegates compare to the average voter?
What phenomenon has occurred frequently in recent midterm elections?
What is gerrymandering and why do parties do it?
What happens if a presidential candidate doesn’t have an electoral majority?
Which amendment modified the Electoral College?
Why was the Electoral College created?
What are superdelegates?
What is dealignment?
What is frontloading?
What is a caucus?
What are referendums and initiatives?
What is an interest group? What are the types of interest groups?
What is the difference between open and closed primaries?
What is grassroots lobbying?
What is electioneering?
What is the single greatest influence on party identification?
Besides screaming like a total goofball and destroying his election hopes, what else did Howard
Dean do that was important in the 2004 Presidential primaries?
How are interest groups different from political parties?
According to your textbook what have historically been the “big three” interest groups?
What are Third Parties? Why are they at a disadvantage? When do they do well?
When was the golden age of parties?
When did the media really begin to scrutinize politicians?
What is a political machine and how does it operate?
According to your textbook why does New York Times Co. v. Sullivan matter?
What is libel?
What does the FCC do?
What is narrowcasting?
What are the historical eras of Journalism and their characteristics?
What was the Era of Good Feelings?