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election politics
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Suffrage | The right to vote in political elections. |
| Electorate | People in a given area that are able to vote. |
| Enfranchise | To grant people the right to vote. |
| 19th Amendment | gave women the right to vote. |
| 23rd Amendment | gave 3 votes in Electoral College to Washington D.C. |
| 26th Amendment | lowers voting age to 18. |
| Voting Rights Act 1965 | Got rid of Poll Taxes and Literacy Tests as a requirement to vote, Federal oversight in elections, Banned racial discrimination. |
| Ideological | Based on set of beliefs |
| Single-Issue | Only concerned with one issue |
| Economic Protest | Formed during economic hard times |
| How many votes needed to win? | 270 Electoral votes. |
| when is election day | first Tuesday of November. |
| Electors chosen based off of? | number of senators and house reps(538 total). |
| Open primaries | people can vote for any candidate regardless of party affiliation |
| Closed primaries | people can only vote for candidates from their own party |
| Splinter | Broken off from major party |
| Caucus | people vote through meeting of political supporters. |
| Hard Money | Money donations to a particular candidate. |
| Who regulates hard money? | The Federal Election Commission (FEC) |
| How much hard money? | Up to $5,000 donation from individuals or from PACs |
| Soft Money | Money used by political parties for “party building activities” |
| PAC | Political Action Committee. |
| PAC purpose | to raise money to either elect candidates or defeat candidates. |
| How much can PAC give? | up to $5000 to a candidate or $15,000 to any national party. |
| BAKER V. CARR | Supreme Court ruled that redistricting was not a political issue- equal treatment clause. |
| CITIZENS UNITED V. FEDERAL ELECTION COMMISSION | Ruled that private organizations could say whatever as long as it wasn’t tied to the candidate. (Receive any formal money) |
| Liberal | Not strict in the observance of orthodox, traditional, or established forms or ways. |
| Conservative | Tending or disposed to maintain existing views, conditions, or institutions. |
| Moderate | Tending toward the mean or average amount or dimension |
| 15th amendment | Granted all men regardless of skin color the right to vote |
| Caucus | a conference of members of a legislative body who belong to a particular party or faction: |
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