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A Gov.
Chapters 1,11,12, &13
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Came up with the idea of the Natural Rights? | John Locke |
| A lot of regulation and behavior (Bad) Business- government needs to back off. Force them to move, More $ (basically good) Keep Government small, should have powerful military. | Conservative |
| An election takes place in the middle of the presidential term | Midterm election |
| Hard money, soft money, matching funds. | Sources of funding for political campaign |
| Someone who isn't on a side | Dealignment |
| Hold office during term of 4 years and be chosen for the same term | Article II |
| the most votes for any choice in an election, But not necessarily a majority | Plurality |
| Written by John Locke. Life, Liberty, and pursuit of Happiness. | Natural Rights |
| Direct Democracy | A system of government in which members of the policy meet to discuss all policy decisions & then agree to abide by majority rule. |
| Presidential election timeline | begins campaigning 2-4 years prior to election Pick electors in June/July pick nominee in August/September General election in November Electoral college votes in December Announce results/Inauguration in January |
| Democracy | Free open reg. schedule elections to choose rulers. people tell government what to do/ how much power. Only do what the people say they can have. Have large middle class with rich and poor on either side. |
| Party Realighnment | Dramatic shifts in Partisan preferences that drastically after the political landscape |
| Authoritarian | Selected form with in the running group. elect with single candidate. usually restrict themselves to maintain power. Few have everything with small middle class. Most have little to nothing |
| 12th Amendment | Electors meet in their states & vote by ballot for President and Vice president |
| Focus on economy | Neoliberals |
| The central premise of direct democracy in which only policies that collectively garner the support of a majority voters will be made into a law | Majority Vote |
| Totalitarian | they pick themselves. Have no limits in government & they believe they have everything & their people have nothing |
| Anarcy | Has no ruler. Has no government & those who can take, take. |
| social Contract | an argument between the people & their government signifying their consent to be governed. |
| Political Equality | the principle that all citizens are the same in the eyes of the law. |
| Republic | a government rooted in the consent of the governed; a representative or indirect democracy. |
| 3rd party ideological | mostly the libertarian party |
| # of electors per state selection voting announcement problems and solutions | Electoral College Process |
| Prohibits each government in the U.S. form denying a citizens the right to vote based on race, color, or previous of servitude | 15th amendment |
| people are good or bad? business are good or bad? government should stay small. People make their own choice with out government help. | Libertarians |
| It's the Green- Party | 3rd Party issue-oriented |
| Party identification and Aligned voters | a citizens personal affinity for a political party, usually expressed by a tendency to vote for the candidates of that party. Person who votes for their party. |
| It is the Reform party | 3rd party Splinter |
| want to win elections, operate the gov and decide policy | Roles & Goals of Political parties |
| to help educate voters | party platform |
| focus on spending democracy or $ conservatives | Neoconservatives |
| a variety of democracy found on the principle of elected people representing a group of people | Representative democracy |
| a system of gov. that gives citizens the opportunity to vote for Representatives who work on their behalf | Indirect democracy |
| the study of who gets what, when, and how | Politics |
| advertising on behalf of a candidate that attacks the opponents character or platform | Negative ads |
| advertising on behalf of a candidates that stresses the candidates qualifications, family, & issue positions with out direct reference to the opponent | Positive ads |
| Tax- exempt organization created to raise $ for political activities such as voter mobilization & issue advocacy; not subject to FEC dis-closer rules | 527's |
| a key characteristic of U.S. democracy initially meaning freedom form governmental interference, today it includes demands for freedom to engage in a variety of practices with out governmental interference or discrimination. | Personal Liberty |
| American Dream and Recession | ideal of a happy, successful life, which often includes wealth , a house, better life, & maybe become president a decline in the economy that occurs as investment sags, production falls off and unemployment increases |
| Primary open | is open to both parties. |
| 3 reasons why colonists came to America | Business, Religious freedom, religious tolerance |
| 19th Amendment | deny a citizen the right to vote based on sex |
| Government | the formal vehicle through which policies are made and affairs of state are conducted |
| popular sovereignty | the nation that the ultimate authority in society results with the people |
| Checks and Balances | all have to agree and make sure they have same amount of power |
| Caucuses | meetings |
| Characteristics of winning presidential elections | nomination party money constituents voting constituents |
| Primary closed | only open to a certain party |
| political party | Republicans, Democrats, and libertarians |
| Demography of political party members | Republican: Male, white, 30-65, upper income, protestant & catholic Democrat: Female, people of color, Under 30 and over 65+, poor and middle class income, Jewish Libertarian: Young, white, affluent males, who live in west, not particularly religious. |
| Gerrymandering | drawing of congressional districts to produce a particular electoral outcome without regard to the shape of the district |
| General election | voting for the party not the candidate. Playing towards the middle plurality, state wide & by district |
| Separation of Powers | the separation of powers beteewn judicial, legislative, & executive branches |
| 24th Amendment | prohibits both congress and the states form conditioning the right to vote in federal elections on payment of a poll tax or any type of tax |
| 26th amendment | limited the minimum voting age to no less than 18 |
| Political action committees | officially registered fund- raising organization that represents interest groups in the political process |
| Liberal | that everything is good. Business is bad and have a military but use diplomacy first. |
| ideology | have beliefs about human nature, role of gov., social inequality and what should be done about it |
| political culture | has widely shared views, who should govern, what ends,what means |
| at-large elections | election in which candidates for office must compete throughout the jurisdiction as a whole. |
| 23rd amendment | permits citizens of Columbia to vote for electoral for president & vice president |
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