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GoPo Vocab R Test

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Bias against whites or males, usually with regard to employment or education. Those who oppose affirmative action programs often claim this as a result of such programs. Alan Bakke is an example
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In a poll when a sample is selected in such a way that any member of the population being surveyed has an equal chance of being interviewed
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The process in which a state legislature draws congressional districts based on population increases or declines
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A congressional voting procedure that consists of members answering "yea" or "nay" to their names
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A law providing for the distribution of a fixed amount or share of federal tax money to the states for spending on almost any government purpose. Distribution was intended to send more money to poorer, heavily taxed states and less to richer, lightly tax
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A second primary election held in some states when no candidate receives a majority of the votes in the first primary
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Found in the Tenth Amendment, it gives states powers not delegated to the national government
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An order that permits certain kinds of amendments but not others to be made into a bill on the legislative floor
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Judicial concept employed by the Supreme Court requiring the approval of a certain number of justices before a case can be heard on appeal
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Used to describe the difficulty it takes to get things done in a bureaucracy
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A procedure, in effect in 15 states, whereby the voters can vote to remove an elected official from office
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A rule of the Federal Communications Commission that if a person is attacked on a broadcast, other than in a regular news program, that person can answer over that same station
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A form of democracy in which power is vested in representatives selected by means of popular competitive elections
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A tax that is imposed on individuals regardless of how much they earn, such as a sales tax
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Process that takes place every ten years, as a result of the federal census, mandating state legislatures to redraw their congressional districts based on population gains and losses
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Roll-call vote
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Rule of four
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Random
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Redistricting
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Runoff
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Reserved Power clause
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Recall
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Right-of-reply rule
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Regressive
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Reverse discrimination
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Red tape
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Reapportionment
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Revenue sharing
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Restrictive rule
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Republic
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Practice of submitting to popular vote a measure proposed by a legislative body; also called a proposition
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Voting for or against the candidate or party in office because one likes or dislikes how things have gone in the recent past
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An evangelical conglomeration of ultraconservative political activist, many of whom support the Republican Party
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Traditional Democratic middle-class voters turning Republican during the 1980s
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Its function is to decide time limits for debate in the House and whether or not bills can be amended
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Amendments to bills, often in the form of appropriations, that sometimes have nothing to do with the intent of the bill itself and many times are considered to be pork barrel legislation
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An assessment of a representative's voting record on issues important to an interest group; the purpose is to generate public support for or opposition to a legislator
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A judicial order preventing or redressing a wrong or enforcing a right
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The federal economic policies that combined a monetarist fiscal policy, supply-side tax cuts, and domestic budget cutting
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Policy that results in government control over individuals and business. Examples include protection of the environment and consumer protection

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