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POSC
exam 2
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| liberal or conservative? (affirmative action) | liberal |
| liberal or conservative? (prayer in school) | conservative |
| liberal or conservative? (right to bear arm) | conservative |
| liberal or conservative? (ligalize drug) | moderate |
| liberal or conservative? (pornography) | both against |
| liberal or conservative? (balanced budget) | liberal |
| dove and hawk which represent? | liberal and conservative respectively |
| liberal or conservative? (interventionism) | conservative |
| liberal or conservative? (Isolationism) | liberal |
| liberal or conservative? (foreign aid) | conservative |
| define conservative | 1.govornment with govern least governs best 2.private sector(business) to solve social problem. 3.government stays out of your private life |
| define liberal | 1.favor on expanded role for government 2. look to government to solve social problem 3.believe in social engineering thru legislation |
| where does most political people stands at | 90% stands for moderate |
| blacks stands for | 1.democrates 90% 2.most loyal to democrat 3.most liberal democrats |
| which people were conservative | ron paul, santorum, paul ryan |
| which person was liberal | mcgovern |
| which terms interchangeble? | party era, realignment, critical election |
| what is rule of critical election? | 1.one party replace the other party as majority 2.high voter turn out 3.new voting coalition form 4.change in government philosophy |
| when did critical elections happen? | 1932,1968 |
| why did critital election happened? | Great depression(roosevelt), vietnam war(nixon) |
| what year was economy issue? | 2008,2012 |
| why nixon lost in 1960 to kennedy | poor on debates, fraud vote |
| why gold water lost in 1964 to johnson | voter feared for vietnam war, too conservative, lost w/high rate with 60% |
| why mcgovern lost in 1972 to nixon | too liberal,lost with 60%,watergate scandal made no one want to be opponent to nixon |
| anaylize factor of critical election in 1932 | 1.democrat replace republican 2.black switch from republican to democrat 3.conservative to liberal 4.mass vote |
| anaylize factor of critical election in 1968 | 1.republican replace democrat 2.south changes from democrat to republican 3.democrat turned to liberal 4.mass vote |
| buckley vs valeo | Pac's can spend money unlimited amount of money on commercial as long as its not directly tied to specific candidate |
| broadcast | advertise thru radio & tv |
| narrowcast | programming on cable tv or internet that aims particular audience in contrast to broadcasting |
| soundbite | short video clip of 10 sec,typically political speech |
| negative ads | say how bad your opponents are |
| trial ballon | purposeful news leak to gauge public opinion |
| talk about howard dean | first to use internet to raise money, independent candidate in 2004, held democrat economy fundrasing |
| legitimacy | accept result of vote |
| 3 kinds of vote | primary election(select candidate to go general election), general election(party vs party), election on policy(people who want to change policy) |
| 1800~ election type | no election, only man with 21 or over with property owned |
| 1896~ election type | primary, general election |
| define suffrage | legal right to vote |
| the reason why vote | political efficacy: belief ordinary people can influence civic duty |
| mandate theory of election | winning candidate has mandate from people to carry out his platform and politics |
| 2 states split the party | nebraska, Maine |
| the state that is first presidential primary | New hamshire |
| difference open primary & closed primary | closed primaries are election to select party nominees in only people who registered in advance with the party. open primaries voters can decide on election day |
| voter splitting | voting with one party for one office and with another party for other office |
| coalition | a group with common interest which political party depends. |
| define realignment | displacement of majority party by minority party usually during critical election |
| divided government | read pg 257. |
| Federal Election Commision | regulatory agency created to administer and enforce the statute that governs the financing of federal elections |
| hard money vs soft money | made directly to a specific candidate (hard money) or indirectly to parties and committees (soft money) |
| limitation PAC can spend on election | $5000 per candidate/ $10,000 per cycle |
| 3 types of PACs and belonged parties | 1.big business(AT&T,Corporative america,anything national)-conservative 2.Labor union(anything international)-democrat 3.ideological/single issue(green peace,national minority names)-all over the place |
| News, media more focus on horse race (who's winning)rather | focusing on policy issues or why he's winning |
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