Bush v. Gore (2000) correct answers Without uniform, state-wide standards to determine valid votes, a manual recount of paper ballots would violate the Equal Protection Clause of the 14th Amendment. There is not enough time to devise and implement those standards, so the election stands as it was ...
Bush v. Gore (2000) correct answers Without uniform, state-wide standards to
determine valid votes, a manual recount of paper ballots would violate the Equal
Protection Clause of the 14th Amendment. There is not enough time to devise and
implement those standards, so the election stands as it was originally certified: a victory
for George W. Bush.
Political Efficacy correct answers the sense a person has that someone in his position
can influence government.
The First Televised War correct answers Vietnam
Party Membership correct answers In the U.S., there is no membership fee or
restriction. You can become a member of any political party simply by registering to vote
and declaring your desired party affiliation on the registration form.
Political Parties correct answers Function to give cues to voters, to coordinate policy-
making, to advocate policies, to pick candidates and run their campaigns.
The Election of 1800 correct answers Is significant as the first peaceful transition of
power.
Rational Choice Theory correct answers Predicts that political parties try to win
elections by appealing to the largest number of voters, with the result that the two major
party candidates often seem very similar.
Turnout and Voting correct answers Are more likely when citizens have a strong sense
of civic duty, a high feeling of political efficacy, and/or high levels of education and
wealth.
The Motor Voter Act correct answers Enabled people to register to vote at the same
time they fill out the form to renew their driver's license.
Primaries correct answers to choose candidates for the major parties were the product
of early 20th century reformers who wanted to limit the power of corrupt "political
machines".
Retrospective Voting correct answers The idea that voters choose a candidate on the
basis of his past performance rather than his promises for the future. On this theory,
voters ask what the candidate accomplished while in office.
, Interest Groups correct answers and political parties both attempt to implement policy,
but unlike parties, interest groups never run their own candidates for office.
___________ was the California _________ which lowered property taxes. correct
answers Prop 13, initiative
Primaries correct answers are the most common method by which political parties
choose delegates to their national conventions.
Public Opinion correct answers the distrubution of a population's beliefs about politics
and policy issues.
Soft Money correct answers money contributed to the political parties rather than
directly to candidates so as to avoid the limits on direct contributions set by campaign
finance law. Soft money is supposed to be used only for advertising to get out the vote
or to inform the public on general political themes, NOT to promote a particular
candidate directly. (mc-cain feingold made distinction b/w hard and soft $)
Media Event correct answers an apparently impromptu (looks unplanned), but actually
carefully orchestrated scene, which a politician uses to convey a particular image of
himself to the public.
The Democratic National Convention in 1968 correct answers opened the party to
traditionally underrepresented groups, such as minorities and women, but also created
lingering problems of disunity in the party.
Ticket-Splitting correct answers when a voter chooses a Democratic candidate for one
office and a Republican candidate for a different office.
Iron Triangles or Subgovernments correct answers also called Iron Triangles, these
create obstacles to political reform and are composed of an interest group, the federal
agency which regulates the area in which the interest group is interested, and the
congressional committee which oversees that area.
Exit Polls correct answers polls taken immediately after people exit the voting booth
and used to make early predictions of the outcome of an election.
Hyperpluralism correct answers the theory which envisions the American political
system as crippled by an excessive number of competing interest groups.
In contrast to political parties in Europe, _______________ in the _____ are relatively
____ in terms of enforcing their will on party members. correct answers political parties,
U.S., weak
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