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| Group of individuals with a common interest upon which every political party depends |
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| Something of value that cannot be withheld from a group member |
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| Science of human population changes |
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| Direct group involvement in the electoral process |
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| Regular pattern by which women are more likely to support Democratic candidates |
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| A political ideology whose advocates prefer a governmental active in dealing with human needs, support individual rights and liberties, and give higher priority to social needs than to military needs |
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| Emergence of a non-Caucasian majority |
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| One of institutions that keep the party operating between conventions |
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| Meeting of party delegates every four years to choose a presidential ticket and write the party's platform |
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| Gradual disengagement of people and politicians from parties, as seen in part by shrinking party identification |
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| Historical periods in which a majority of voters cling to the party in power |
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| Displacement of majority party by the minority party a.k- Rare events in US in which one party's majority domination is replaced with the others |
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| Overall set of values widely shared within a society |
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| Belief that one's political participation really matters |
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| Coherent set of beliefs about politics, public policy, and the public purpose |
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| Distribution of the population's beliefs about politics and policy issues |
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| Principle that everyone should have an equal probability of being selected for the sample |
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| Parties should offer clear choices to voters, who then uses these choices to select a candidate in turn |
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| Relatively small proportion of people who are chosen in a survey so as to be representative of the whole |
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| Goods that a group can restrict to those who pay their annual dues |
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| Networks of groups within American political system that exercise a great deal of control over specific policy areas |
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| Voting with one party for one office and with another party for other offices |
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| What's the difference between Barron v Baltimore and Gitlow v New York? |
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| Barron v Baltimore, Bill of Rights restrains only the national government, meaning state constitutions were above national ones. Gitlow v New York, certain (and eventually all) aspects of the Bill of Rights apply to states as well |
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| What is the "incorporation doctrine"? |
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| Legal concept that nationalizes the Bill of Rights by making most of its provisions applicable through the Fourteenth Amendment |
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| Protect reporter's right to protect sources |
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| What ways do civil liberties limit and expand scope of government? |
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| Protections to civilians and individuals limits what the government can do. However, protection of the expansion of rights becomes essential |
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| What's the difference between reasonable and arbitrary classification? |
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| Arbitrary is based on discriminatory treatment. Reasonable classifications are based on intellectual/reasonable treatment |
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| What are six major provisions of the Civil Rights Act of 1964? |
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| Racial discrimination illegal in public accommodations, racial discrimination illegal in employment, EEOC created to enforce, withhold of funds from discriminatory governments and institutions, strengthens voting rights legislation, US Justice Department now able to initiate lawsuits to desegregating public schools and facilities |
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| Explain the policy of "protectionism". |
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| Limits women's work opportunities or "perpetuate gender inequality." |
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| What is the Equal Rights Amendment? |
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| "equality of rights under the law shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or by any state on account of sex" |
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| How does equality threaten liberty? |
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| "the principle of equality can invite the denial of minority rights, whereas the principle of liberty condemns such action" |
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| How do civil rights laws increase and limit the scope of government? |
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| Government has more power to regulate behavior of individuals and institutions. They can also limit government power by leading to greater checks on government by those who benefit from such protections |
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