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AP Government and Polotics, Set 4
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History
12th Grade
02/27/2012

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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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people and the govt
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Parties consist of grass-root
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members, and leadership
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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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In the constitution
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Primary elections help reduce what?
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The power of political parties
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why?
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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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The party organization
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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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candidates
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Political Parties set rules for
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nomination
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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 support
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social freedoms
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Democrats spend less on what?
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Defense
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Democrats are less supportive of what?
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Private school vouchers
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Democrats are more likely to spend on what?
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Social welfare programs
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Democrats Are more likely to use govt money to support what?
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Public Education
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Democrats are more likely to spend money on governmental run
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health care programs
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Democrats are more likely to grant tax relief to
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lower and middle classes
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Democrats are against private ownership of what?
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Assault weapons
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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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Defense
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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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Everyone
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Republicans are less supportive of spending on what?
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Social welfare programs
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Republicans are less supportive of money spend on
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Govt run health programs
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Republicans are less supportive of
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Firarm regulation
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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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"Elections"
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Federal elections are held every
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two years
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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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other election (4 years)
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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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federal elections
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why do they do that?
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to save money bro
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Incumbent advantage goes to those
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members of congress who run for reelection
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they win most of the
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time
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Senators must run
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statewide
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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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"The election Cycle"
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Primary election s are used by how many states?
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39 of them
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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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Open primary
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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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largest # of votes
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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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They go to the
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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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following time of crisis
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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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public profile
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especially in the
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the year leading up to the elections
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Presidential nominees then assemble
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campaign personnel
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Federal matching funds
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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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by matching them
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limited two 42 mil in primary and
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84 in general elections
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what sucks about this?
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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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Congressional Campaigns-
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No public financing, but no spending limit
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Buckly v. Valeo (1976)
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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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Make or break campaigns
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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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What is front-loading?
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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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their own party
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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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Large states are
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most important, have more electors.
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