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| political parties are ___, were opposed by ___, were founded by ___. |
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| universal; founders, founders |
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| parties represent ___ ___ of groups thus a ___ ___ of the population is represented/ served. |
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| broad coalitions; greater percentage |
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| political parties in the US= 3parts: __ ___(__), ___ ___ (___), ___ ___/___ ___. |
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| party electorate(citizens); party in government(pigs); party organization/party bureaucracy |
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| the party in the electorate can be studied at the ___ ___(___) or ___ ___(___/___). |
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| micro level; individuals; macro level; groups/society |
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| the more ___ you are the more knowlegeable you are about current events, political issues. |
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| ___ vote less often, know less and are more likely to vote on personality, smile. |
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| are the most important voters in presidential elections? |
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| every 30 years, starting in the 1830s we have a ___. |
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| a sudden lasting change in majority party status: last about 30 years? |
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| every 30 years a ___ ___ divides the majority party. |
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| a presidential election where the #1 issue is the critical issue and the result is ____? |
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| critical election; realignment |
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| huge increase in the % of americans who identified themsleves as independents? |
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| every ___ years we have a triggering event which causes a political realignment2 to 3 years later. |
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| triggering incident : debt crisis ? |
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| critical issue whether to adopt new constitution ? |
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| democrats and their ancestors dominate congress and presidency? |
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| 1788-1860 after washington leaves office |
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| dred scott decision slavery in the LA territory? |
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| democratic party nominates 3 candidates and lincoln wins with 38% of popular vote? |
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| only ___ democratic presidents for 72 years. |
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| unprecented split party control of us government? |
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| midterm election (us house)? |
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| 2000 presidential election v. 2006 |
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| majority party status determines all ___ positions, all ___ ___, a ___ of seats on allcommitees and subcommittees. |
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| leadership; committee chairs; majority; |
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| problem is holding a majority of seats does not equal holding a majority of ___. |
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| ___= J Lieberman=votes with ___=___%. |
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| swept into office with FDR? |
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| swept into office with jackson? |
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| swept into office with lincoln? |
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| dem convention: truman insitied on putting an anti-lynching platform in the democratic party? |
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| EFFECTIVELY KILLED OFF THE NEW DEAL COALITION? |
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| civil rights act of 1964; voting rights act 1965 |
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| 1964-1974 part of the civil rights coalition? killed off by watergate scandal |
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| liberal northern dems and most republicans |
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| 1981-1995 part of the conservative coalition ? |
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| conservative republicans and southern white dems |
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| in the UK parties ___ on almost every issue, parties can enforce ___ in the legislature, parties can enact their ___. |
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| had the majority of the house and from 1994 to 2006? |
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