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| Bipartisan System - two party system reinforced by |
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| U.S. election rules and the electoral system |
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| Parties serve as intermediaries between |
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| Parties consist of grass-root |
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| Parties organize to raise money, and what other 2 things? |
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| Present positions, and get their candidate elected |
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| Parties were never mentioned where? |
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| Primary elections help reduce what? |
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| The power of political parties |
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| Because candidates get no monetary support from their party |
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| What are splinter parties representing? |
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| Represent people disenfranchised by the two major parties |
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| What are splinter parties representing? |
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| Represent people disenfranchised by the two major parties |
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| What can splinter parties impact? |
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| Major elections (Ralph Nader taking Al Gore's Votes in 2000) |
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| Independent candidates can do what? |
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| Run with no party affiliation (Eugene McCarthy in 1968) |
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| What are the 3 reasons why third parties fail? |
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- Lack of money
- Need for a large Community
- Electoral system |
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| "Subdivisions of Political Parties" |
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| The party among the electorate |
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| Voters who vote for the party candidates |
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| The party in a government |
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| Government officials belong to a party and thus influence policy |
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| Political professionals who recruit candidates and voters, organize events, and raise money |
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| Political Parties recruit and nominate |
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| Political Parties set rules for |
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| Political Parties educate and mobilize |
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| voters through propoganda campaigns funded by party |
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| Political Parties provide campaign funds and support for who? |
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| Congressional and State Candidates |
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| Political Parties organize what? |
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| Government activity in congress (leadership and committee positions) |
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| Political Parties Provide balance through |
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| opposition to the other party |
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| Political Parties reduce conflict and |
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| tension in society by encouraging compromise |
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| Political Parties are autonomus and |
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| independent at the state level |
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| National Convention is held |
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| every four years to nominate a presidential candidate |
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| Television has taken power from |
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| political parties and given it to media consultants |
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| Split ticket - since 1968, Americans have looked more at |
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| the candidate and less at the party |
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| "Ideological Differences" |
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| Party Bases - Liberals and conservatives who |
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| the party leaders cannot lose by being to extreme |
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| Democrats spend less on what? |
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| Democrats are less supportive of what? |
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| Democrats are more likely to spend on what? |
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| Democrats Are more likely to use govt money to support what? |
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| Democrats are more likely to spend money on governmental run |
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| Democrats are more likely to grant tax relief to |
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| Democrats are against private ownership of what? |
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| Democrats are supportive of more regulation on |
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| the ownership of firearms |
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| Republican support what two things? |
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| Social and Moral controls |
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| Republican spend more on what? |
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| Republicans support private school vouchers and |
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| govnt aid to private schools |
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| Republicans grant tax relief to who? |
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| Republicans are less supportive of spending on what? |
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| Republicans are less supportive of money spend on |
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| Republicans are less supportive of |
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| Party realignment occurs when |
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| conditions that make up parties collapse (traumatic events) |
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| Dealignment - result of party members |
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| becoming disaffected with their party's position on issues |
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| Federal elections are held every |
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| a new member of the house from each |
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| state is chosen every election |
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| A president is chosen every |
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| A new senator from each state is chosen |
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| two out of every three elections |
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| State elections are held at the same time as |
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| Incumbent advantage goes to those |
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| members of congress who run for reelection |
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| House of reps run in their |
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| home districts (gives HOR big advantage) |
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| Gerrymandering is the partisan redrawing of |
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| congressional district borders to benefit one party over another |
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| Franking privilege is where members of congress can |
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| mail newsletters and emails and make recorded phone calls at the govts expense |
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| Primary election s are used by how many states? |
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| Primary elections select presidential nominees and all states to select |
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| legislative and state nominees |
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| Closed Primary (most common) where voting is restricted to what? |
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| Registered members of a political party who can only vote for candidates running for their party |
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| Voters get to choose which party's primary to vote in |
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| Blanket primary (Used in alaska and washington) |
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| Voters vote for one candidate per office of either party |
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| Plurality - recieving the |
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| Runoff primary occurs in states that |
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| require a min percentage of votes in the primary election |
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| In presidential elections, voters choose delegates in |
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| state caucuses or conventions |
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| national convention and offer suppport for a particular candidate |
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| Super delegates (used Democrats only) important state leaders or members of congress who |
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| automatically become delegates |
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| General elections are always held when? |
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| on the first tuesday in November |
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| What are 2 requirements for presidential nomination? |
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- Endorsement by the party
- Extensive background in government |
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| There are some exceptions (Dwight Eisenhower) in |
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| Presidents begin planing when? |
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| two years before the first primary |
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| Presidents start getting money from who? |
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| Wealthy influential donors |
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| Presidential nominees campaign for endorsements from |
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| important political groups and leaders (most end at this point) |
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| Presidential nominees start then to increase their |
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| the year leading up to the elections |
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| Presidential nominees then assemble |
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| primary candidates who get more than 10% cn apply |
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| double all contributions of 250$ or less |
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| limited two 42 mil in primary and |
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| no other donations are allowed |
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| Candidates can donate $50,000 of their own money to their fund while |
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| corporations and unions can donate directly with no limit |
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| No public financing, but no spending limit |
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| Supreme court rules that mandatory spending limits on campaigns violate a candidates right of free speech |
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| Legislators don't want changes because it might make |
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| re-election more difficult |
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| "Primaries, conventions, and Elections" |
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| By January 1 of an election year, what do candidates do? |
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| They deliver "stamp speeches" and choreographed media events, enter debates, and work on advertising |
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| Primaries - early ones, do what? |
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| Super tuesday is a day in early march when what hapens? |
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| Many southern states hold primaries |
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| it occurs when large states have primaries early to influence the nominating process |
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| In the campaign, the candidates will now stress what differences? |
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| Those between the parties and move more toward the "center" of their own party |
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| Electoral College was originally used for what? |
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| To protect against an uneducated public |
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| Each state is given a number of electors equal to |
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| The winner of the popular vote in each state gets |
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| that state's electoral votes |
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| most important, have more electors. |
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