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Political Science 12
Vocab PS
Question | Answer |
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Cabnet | Head's of the fifteen executive departments, appointed by the president. |
Honeymoon Period | The short amount of time after the election, where the president has a great amount of leeway and people are more predisposed to support him. |
Momentum (in campaigns) | success in early competitions that get voter support in subsequent competitions. |
Open party caucuses | meetings open for any registered party voter who wants to attend) |
Stewardship theory | (Theodore Roosevelt) Calls for a "strong presidency" that is limited,not to what the constitution allows, but by what it prohibits. |
unit rule | all states except Maine and Nebraska grant all of there electoral votes as a unit to the candidate who wins the state's popular vote. |
Whig Theory | President is limited to what the constitution allows. |
"WHO" | White house office (serves the president most directly) |