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2012 pols test #4
notes part 2
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Political Studies
Undergraduate 1
03/31/2012

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ohio 2004: the ohio secretary of state made sure heavily __ areas of the state recieved signigifcalty fewer voting ___.
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democratic; machines
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the best predictors of who votes ___, ___, ___, ___, ___, ___,and ___.
Definition
education; income;partnership; age; gender; political knowledge; political efficacy
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___ is a significant factor that largely disappeears when controlling for other demographic factors such as education and income.
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race
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us still has relatively ___ voter turnout.
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low
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the 2 leading contenders to explain cross-national differences are?
Definition
institutional school of thought and partisan school of thought
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argues the lack of a working class party in the u.s?
Definition
partisan school of thought
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an observational law of science not an actual law; election system determines turnout?
Definition
duverger's law
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proportional representation countries have ___ parties, ___ choices, ___ turnout.
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more; more; higher
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single membership district countries have __ or __ competitve parties, ___ choices and ___ turnout.
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1 or 2; fewer; lower
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often develops from the single- member district plurality voting system?
Definition
two party system
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the ASPA has favored replacing us __ with __ elections since 1950.
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smd; pr
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rank your prefrences might make sense for primary elections in the us?
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single transferable vote
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a compromise between congress selecting the president vs. the people selecting the president?
Definition
electoral college
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constitution makes no mention of ___ ___.
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popular votes
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a total of ___ electoral college votes nationwide.
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538
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1st president from texas?
Definition
lyndon johnson
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2nd president from texas?
Definition
george hw bush
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3rd president from texas?
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a tie; bush and gore
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we had at least ___ vice presidents from texas.
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3
Term
only ___ former governor elected president.
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1
Term
only ___ presidental assasination.
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1
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considered greatest us senate majority party leader ever?
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lbj
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consdiered greatest us house speaker ever?
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sam rayburn
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