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Key Terms- $100Key Terms- $100
What is Party Identification?
A sense of affiliation that a person has with a particular political party.
Key Terms- $400
What are block grants?
Money granted by the federal government to the states for a broad purpose rather than for a narrow purpose.
Key Terms- $500
What are Mandates?
Requirements imposed by the national governments upon the states.
Court Cases- $100
This court case ordered state legislative districts to be as near equal as possible in population
Baker v. Carr (1962)
Court Cases- $200
This court case in the 1st amendment which protects
campaign spending
Buckley v. Valeo
Court Cases- $300
Use of 14th Amendment’s equal protection clause to stop the
Florida recount in the election of 2000.
Bush v. Gore (2000)
Court Cases- $400
This court case had no racial gerrymandering; race can’t be the sole or
predominant factor in redrawing legislative boundaries.
Shaw v. Reno (1993)
Court Cases- $500
This court case ordered house districts to be as near equal in
population as possible.
Wesberry v. Sanders (1963)
Constitutional Underpinnings- $100
Congress has exercised implied powers through the use of the?
Elastic clause
Constitutional Underpinnings- $200
A consequence of separation of powers and checks and balances
has been:
Fragmented policymaking processes
Constitutional Underpinnings- $300
How is the membership of the House of Representatives
determined?
Determined by the apportioned population of the states.
Constitutional Underpinnings- $400
The term “winner take all” refers to?
A candidate winning all of a state’s electoral votes.
Constitutional Underpinnings- $500
Under the Articles of Confederation where did most governmental power rest in?
The state’s governments
Interest Groups/Political Party/Media- $100
What are some reasons political parties work and make sense?
They create competition, choice and democracy
Interest Groups/Political Party/Media- $200
What is a media event?
An event purposely staged for the media and made to look spontaneous.
Interest Groups/Political Party/Media- $300
What do PAC’S do?
They financially support candidates for office.
Interest Groups/Political Party/Media- $400
What two key events brought about the Bipartisan Campaign
Reform Act of 2002?
1996 financial scandal involving Clinton and the 200 Enron Scandal
Political Behaviors & Political Parties- $100
What is one effect of growing older?
Political participation increases with age
Political Behaviors & Political Parties- $200
What is the most common form of voting in the United States?
Voting in presidential elections
Political Behaviors & Political Parties- $300
What is the best predictor for how a citizen votes?
Party Identification
Political Behaviors & Political Parties- $400
What determines the party platform?
national convention
Political Behaviors & Political Parties- $500
What has happened in American elections over the past 50 years?
Suffrage has broadened, and the turnout has decreased
Miscellaneous- $300
What translates inputs from the public into outputs from the
policymakers?
Linkage institutions