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True or False
The Presidential election is the only purely national election in the US. |
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False
There are no purely national elections, they all are included in a process that goes through the states. |
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| What does Article I establish in regards to the state's election process? |
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| Each state may decide its own way of electing senators and representatives, but congress can intervene if it wants. |
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| What right does Article IV provide for the states in terms of the election process? |
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| States must have a republican form of government |
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| Name the 3 factors that influence voter turnout |
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1. voter identification laws
2. voter eligibility
3. registration rules |
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| What are a few benefits that the book notes that come from voting by mail, absentee ballots, and pre-election voting? |
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-Vote quicker, don't have to wait in long lines
-gets rid of the insufficient voting machines
-Conviences get more people to vote |
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| What are the potential problems that can occur with the use of voting by mail, absentee ballots, and pre-election voting? |
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-More expensive
-Fraud
-some districts can't afford the new advancements in voting technology |
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| List 3-4 ways states regulate financial contributions to campaign and elections. |
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-Disclosure laws
-Contribution Limitations
-Public financing laws
-Candidate expenditure limits |
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| The book notes Gray Davis of California as being the 2nd governor removes by a recall election. Suggest why he was removed, and what type of election this was? |
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-b/c of his negative political character
-Large budget deficit
-RECALL ELECTION |
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| Define a Party Column ballot |
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| a type of ballot that encourages party-line voting by listing all of a party's candidates ina column under the party |
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| A vote for all of the party's candidates,whether it be Republican or democrat. |
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True/False
The Federal Constitution is longer than all state constitutions. |
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| Which state has the longest constitution? |
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| The US Constitution is patterned after which state constitution? |
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| Who was MA's state constitution written by? |
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| What is meant by referring to state constitution as "straight jackets" |
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| Some provisions states in the state's constitution block them from effectively governing |
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| What is judicial interpretation? |
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| Whereby judges modify a constitutional provision by giving a new interepretation of its meaning |
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True/False
The Supreme court has become more conservative since the 1970s, some states' supreme court have been relyign on their state constitution and bill of rights to overrule state laws, and the actions of state and local officials. |
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True/False
Amendments to state constitutions may be proposed by state legislatures, citizen-initated ballot petitions, or constitutional conventions. |
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| In every state except____ , can the state legislatures ratify as well as propose amendment radification is by the voters? |
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True/False
The most commmon way amendmetns are proposed occure through the state legislature? |
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true/False
Constitutional conventions are frequently held |
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| What state was the last state to use a constitutional convention? |
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True/False
Every 10 years rhode Island calls for a constitutional convention? |
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| Which stae had a constitutional revision committee to write a stream lined "people's constitution" that an average person could clearly understnad? |
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| How many times has CA's state constitution been amended? |
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| Name 3 ways in which state constitutions can be amended? |
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1. state legislature
2. citizen-initatied ballot petitions
3.Constitutional conventions |
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true/false
Amendments proposed by petitionsare approved more often than amendments proposed by legislation? |
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| What is the main difference between amending and revising a constitution? |
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| the revision refers to a comprehensive change in the basic government plan, a substantial alteration in the basic government framework |
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| What is the main difference between amending and revising a constitution? |
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| the revision refers to a comprehensive change in the basic government plan, a substantial alteration in the basic government framework |
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| Which state adopted their most recent state const. labeled 'a document of the old south", unshamedly designed to kepp African Americans segregated and to prevent them from allocating the right to vote? |
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| Why is judicial federalism so important? |
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| IN the past 20 yrs, state constitutions have become more instumental for practicing and explaining rights. |
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| Define Office Block ballot |
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| a ballot on which all candidates are listed under the office for which they are running. |
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| a vote for some of one party'd candidates and some of another's |
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| a primary election in which only one persons registered in the party holding the primary may vote. |
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| voting for another party's primary |
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| a primary election in which any voter, regardless of party, may vote |
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| a requirement that candidates specify where the money came from to finance their campaign. |
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| Define Contribution limits |
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| limits on how much a single contributor may give to a candidate in an election or period of time |
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| Define Public financing laws |
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| laws authorizing grants of government funds for candidates for elective office, to be used in their campaigns |
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| limits on how much money a candidate may spend in support of a campaign for elective office |
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| a meeting of the members of a party in a legislative chamber to select party leaders and develop party policy. called a conference by the republicans. |
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| the redrawing of congressional and other legislative district lines following the census, to accomodate population shifts and keep districts as equal as possible in population. |
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| a state in which both parties take turns winning elections |
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| a state in which one party dominates nearly all of the offices |
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| Name a few things that parties provide for elections? |
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-structure for elections
-candidate recruitment
-Register voters
-voter mobilization
-supply campaign resources |
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| name the 3 factors that voters base their voting decisions on |
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1-party identification
2-Candidate appeal
3-Voting Issues |
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| the drawing of legislative district boundaries to benefit a party, group, or incumbent |
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| having legislative districts with unequal populations |
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| What did the supreme court decisions of Wesbury v. Sanders and Reynolds v. Sims have in comon |
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| the both establish a one person, one vote standard, thus emphasizing that no one person's vote is worth more than another and that there will be equal representation based on sex, race, economic status, and place of residence. |
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| a procedure whereby a cerain number of voters may, by petition, propose a law or constitutional amendment and have it submitted to the votes. |
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| name the two types of Initatives |
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| a procedure for submitting to popular vote measures passed by the legislature or proposed amendments to a state's constitution. |
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| What are the 2 kinds of election that states have? |
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Statewide WTA(48 +DC)
Statewide/CD WTA(2: Nebraska, Maine) |
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| When are presidential elections held? |
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| the first tuesday after the first monday in November |
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| What day do electors meet in the state capitals? |
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True/False
Elections by enlarge are seen as in the full control of the states. |
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| Name a few of the rights states have when thinking in terms of elections? |
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- Choose whether to have a caucus, primary or both, and what type of primary(closed,open,semi-open)
-States get to decide on if they will have a runoff
-States get to choose the election date
-States control the election cycle (2 or 4 yrs)
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| When does Ga usually hold its primary elections? |
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| If needed, when does GA hold its runoffs? |
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| Which state will hold a CD primary this year on August 28th? |
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| In terms of geographic location where do runoff elections normally occur? |
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| the southern states and South Dakota |
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| Why do states separate gubernatorial elections from Presidential elections? |
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| B/C of the rise of republican party, Democratic officals decided it would be bad for a party to get complete control. |
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| Which state changed election cycle from even to odd years? |
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| which state is known for allocating votes by mail. |
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| Every state but ____ requires voters registration |
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| how many days do you have to register before ___ # of days before the election in order to vote. |
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| ______requirements make universal suffrage conditional |
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| which 2 states permitts people in jail the to vote |
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| how many states permitt 17 yr olds to vote in primary and caucus most recently conneticuit provided they turn 18 yr old before general elections |
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| Name a few things that the states determine dealing with the election system? |
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-threshhold of wining elections
-can decide when to fill vacancies
-State determne if party platform is listed on ballot
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| Define a non-partisan blanket primary(jungle primary) |
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-all candidates appear with labels
- don't have labels except for CD
-Odd # of years for statewide elections |
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| the idea that politics is the providence of eilites, that serve long periods of time is which type of Political culture? |
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True or false
The north is most likely to have men dominate in politcs. |
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| Which state was the first state to have a female governor? |
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what do
Ross,Ferguson, and Wallace's wives have in common?
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| they were all unable to hold office after elected so their wives took their place(regency) |
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| Name the 3 political culture ideas? |
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Traditionalistic
Individualistic
Moralistic |
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what type of Political culture does the following describe:
support strong government activity, high levels of government funding, emphasis on creating a good and just society but not religious. it’s the purtian way, but without the faith. To Advance the collective good. |
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what type of political culture does the following describe:
Possessing a utilitarian view of politics and governments. Poltics is seen as a nother way for persuing goals, to advance oneself personally. Idea is to create a society where the government either gets out of the way or supports the people economically. Have high degrees of corruption. To offer the services the people want, the government has a reactive role. |
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the testing of ones dedication to religion
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| variation of nullification |
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| strip ballot- promotes straight party voting |
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| Name the 7 things that define political culture? |
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1.Parties
2. Senate
3. House
4. Gover. Elections
5. Partisan Control of state leg.
6. ideological identification
7. Religious Identification |
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| what two states have 2 yr gubernatorial election? |
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| AS of 2010 70% of all of women are of _____party |
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| what are 2 methods of choosing electors |
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| WTA and WTA Congressional Districts |
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| what happens on the 1st monday after the 2nd wed. |
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| electorates cast their votes |
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