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What is Party Identification?

A sense of affiliation that a person has with a particular political party.

Key Terms- $200

What are lobbyists?

People who influence congressman to support their issue

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A coalition is what?

The people who make up and support a certain political party.

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What are block grants?

Money granted by the federal government to the states for a broad purpose rather than for a narrow purpose.

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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)

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This court case in the 1st amendment which protects

campaign spending

Buckley v. Valeo

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Use of 14th Amendment’s equal protection clause to stop the

Florida recount in the election of 2000.

Bush v. Gore (2000)

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This court case had no racial gerrymandering; race can’t be the sole or

predominant factor in redrawing legislative boundaries.

Shaw v. Reno (1993)

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This court case ordered house districts to be as near equal in

population as possible.

Wesberry v. Sanders (1963)

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Congress has exercised implied powers through the use of the?

Elastic clause

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A consequence of separation of powers and checks and balances

has been:

Fragmented policymaking processes

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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

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What is a media event?

An event purposely staged for the media and made to look spontaneous.

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What do PAC’S do?

They financially support candidates for office.

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What two key events brought about the Bipartisan Campaign

Reform Act of 2002?

1996 financial scandal involving Clinton and the 200 Enron Scandal

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What creates PAC’S?

The Federal Election Campaign Act

Political Behaviors & Political Parties- $100

What is one effect of growing older?

Political participation increases with age

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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

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What has happened in American elections over the past 50 years?

Suffrage has broadened, and the turnout has decreased

Miscellaneous- $100

What drives media coverage?

Technology and scandal

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Unlike interest groups, political parties

Are policy generalists

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What translates inputs from the public into outputs from the

policymakers?

Linkage institutions

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What molds the values a person develops

Political socialization

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How is the membership of the House of Representatives

determined?

by the apportioned population of the state’s