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| person who desires immediate fundamental changes in society's existing political, social, and/or economic systems or policies. Are frustrated, impatient, and revolutionary, far left political spectrum |
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| person who desires far reaching, progressive change in their society, middle left political |
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| person who is fairly content with their society, support some gradual change, middle of political spectrum |
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| person who does not like change, are active in defending challenges to the status quo, middle right on political spectrum |
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| person who wants to go back to political, social, and or/economic systems or policies of the past, far right on political spectrum |
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| forward change in society's policies, new stuff |
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| backward change in society's policies, wants to revert to old ways, not status-quo |
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| Three things the federal government must do for the state governments |
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1. must send troops to a state to protect them in the event of an invasion
2. must send help to respond in the event of domestic violence upon request
3. must guarentee that each state has a representative democracy |
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| 6 things state governments can't do |
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1. cannot coin money
2. cannot place tariffs on merchandise that crosses between states
3. cannot make treaties with other countries
4. cannot wage war unless invaded.
5. cannot ex po facto laws
6. cannot carry out religious tests in appointing public officials |
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| a system in which significant governmental powers over its constituents units or states |
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| the exclusive right to control a government, a country, a people, or oneself |
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| amendment that states that a power not explicitly given to the national government and not prohibited from being carried out by the state government would be reserved for the states or their citizens |
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| the principle of clearly differentiating powers designated to national goverment (coining money, fighting wars, etc.) and those designated to the state governments |
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| the provision in article VI of the constitution that the constitution itself and the laws and treaties of the US are the supreme law of the land, taking precedence over state laws and constitutions. |
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| the tenth amendment to the constitution reserving powers to the states or the pol. |
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| classical liberals view of what government should do |
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| believed that government oppressed people and should be limited in both social (personal) and economic (property) matters. |
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| modern liberals view of what the government should do |
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| believe government should stay out of an individual's social life-including their religious life |
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| classical conservatives view of what government should do |
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| believed a strong government was necessary to control people in both social and economic matters |
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| modern conservatives view of what government should do |
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| believe government should not interfere with economic issues, however it could control social areas of people's lives sometimes based on religious views |
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| What year was the Democratic party founded in |
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| what year was the republican party founded in |
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| who were the two founders of the democratic political party |
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| In what year did both the democratic and republic party change from classical to modern parties, and why |
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| The largest percentage of American voters identify are registered as which of the 3 following: republicans, democrats, of independents |
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| What animal represents the Republican Party |
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| What animal represents the Democratic party? |
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| a loose association of states or territorial divisions in which very little power is lodged in the central government |
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| a system in which a central government has complete power over its constituent units or states, ex. Japan and France |
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| the provision in Article VI of the constitution stating that the Constitution itself, and the laws and treaties of the United States are the supreme law of the land, which makes it more powerful that state laws and constitutions |
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| the tenth amendment to the constitution, reserving powers to the states or the people |
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| term used to refer to relationships among the states |
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| agreements among states to cooperate on solving actual problems: requires approval by congress |
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| the view of the American federalism that holds that the constitution created a system in which the national government is supreme, relative to the states, and this granted it a broad range of powers and responsibilities |
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| necessary and proper clause |
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| Article I, Section 8 of the Constitution, also known as the elastic clause, to make whatever laws are necessary and proper to carry out the enumerated responsibilities |
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| the view of American federalism that holds that the constituion created a system of dual sovereignty in which the national government and the state governments are sovereign in their own spheres |
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| federalism in which the powers of the states and national government are neatly separated like a layer of cake |
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| an attempt by states to declare national laws and actions null or void |
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| exclusion of the states from actions that might interfere with federal authority or statutes |
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| the 13th, 14th, and 15th amendments to the constitution adopted immediately after the civil war |
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| the section of the 14th amendment that prohibits states from depriving anyone of life, liberty, or property without "due process of law", a guarantee against arbitrary or unfair government action |
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| the section of the 14th amendment that provides equal protection of the laws to all citizens |
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| the deregulation of power by the central government to state of local authorities |
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| funds from the national government to the state and local governments to help pay for programs created by the national government |
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| federal aid to states and localities clearly specifying what the money can be used for |
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| power of the states and national government are intertwined and public policies can happen only if the 2 cooperate |
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| federal grants to the states to be used for general activities |
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| federal aid to the states without any conditions on how the money is to be spent |
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| provisions in federal assistance requiring that state and local governments follow certain policies in order to obtain federal funds |
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| control of the executive and legislative branches by the same political party |
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| control of the executive and legislative branches by the same political party |
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| control of the executive and legislative branches of different political parties |
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| an organization that tries to win control of the government b y election people to office who carry the party label |
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| a partys statement of its positions on the issues of the day |
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| the process by which one party replaces another as the dominant party in a political system |
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| favoring legislative supremacy and support for business interests |
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| the programs of the administration of the president franklin o. roosevelt |
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| the programs of the administration of president franklin d. roosevelt |
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| the informal electoral alliance of working-class ethnic groups, catholics, jews, urban dwellers, racial minorities, and the south that was the basis of the democratic |
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| individuals view about the fundamental nature of human beings, society, and economy |
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| individual's views about public policies, political parties, candidates, government institutions, and public officials |
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| political attitudes and core beliefs expressed by ordinary citizens as revealed by surveys |
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| can interview study asking questions of a set of people who are chosen as representative of the whole population |
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| the selection of survey respondents by chance, with equal probability, to ensure their representativeness of the whole population |
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| the process by which individuals come to have certain core beliefs and political attitudes |
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| in 2004, what percentage of african americans voted for John Kerry |
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| people who identify with a party, vote in elections, and participate in additional party |
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| the sense of belonging to one or another political party |
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| people who favor government regulation of business and government spending for social programs |
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| social (lifestyle) liberals |
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| people who favor civil liberties, abortion rights, and alternative lifestyles |
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| social (lifestyle) conservatives |
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| people who favor traditional social values; they tend to support strong law-and-order measures and oppose abortion and gay rights |
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| citizens preferences concerning what policies they want government to use |
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| Political Action Committee |
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| elections should represent "real choice" a political party that takes clear, distinct stands on the issues and enacts them as policy when in office |
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| a theory of democratic elections in which voters decide what government will do in the near future by choosing one or another responsible party |
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| electoral competition model |
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| a form of election in which parties seeking votes move toward the median voter or the center of the political spectrum |
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| refers to the voter at the exact middle of the political spectrum |
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| electoral reward and punishment |
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| the tendency to vote for the incumbents when times are good and against when times are bad |
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| a form of election in which voters look back at the performance of a party in power and cast ballots on the basis of how well it did in office |
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| a gathering of delegates who nominate a party's presidential candidate |
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| the proportion of the votes that each party would win if party identification alone affected voting decisions |
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| representatives who are elected in the states to formally choose the U.S. president |
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| more votes than any other candidate but less than a majority of all votes cast |
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| the district of a legislator |
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| a citizen who lives in the district of an elected official |
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| the reallocation of House seats among the states, done after each national census, to ensure that seats are held by the states in proportion to the size of their population |
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| the redrawing of congressional district lines within a state to ensure roughly equal populations within each district |
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| redrawing electoral district lines to give an advantage to a particular party or candidate |
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| majority-minority districts |
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| districts drawn to ensure that a racial minority makes up the majority of voters |
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| an election in which there is no incumbent officeholder |
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| privelege of members of Congress to send mail to their constituents for free |
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| services performed by members of Congress for constituents |
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| projects designed to bring to the constituency jobs and public money for which the members of Congress can claim credit |
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| the first federal finance law, prohibited companies from donating any money to candidates running for federal office. labor unions and other interest group are prohibited from giving these contributions as well |
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| Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971, Federal Election Campaign Act of 1974 and four other U.S. laws passed during the 1970s |
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| a group of laws that have had the greatest impact in controlling the money that comes into and goes out of federal candidates' campaign operations |
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| Bipartisan Campaign Reform Act of 2002 (McCain Feingold Act |
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| was passed to get rid of some "loopholes" in the old laws passed in the 1970s for giving money to federal candidates' campaigns |
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| Federal election contributions and expenditures must be reported to what U.S. government agency? |
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| Federal Election Commission |
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| True or false: Foreign contributions to a campaign are legal |
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