PSCI 110 Exam with Complete Solutions Graded A+
American exceptionalism values - Answer-America is uniquely patriotic and religious given its status as a developed democratic nation
American exceptionalism policy outputs - Answer-laggard or the leader, never in the middle, idea of inherent trad...
PSCI 110 Exam with Complete Solutions
Graded A+
American exceptionalism values - Answer-America is uniquely patriotic and religious
given its status as a developed democratic nation
American exceptionalism policy outputs - Answer-laggard or the leader, never in the
middle, idea of inherent trade-off between economic prosperity and social well-being
Gen Z and youth politics - Answer-more generally liberal regarding social issues, more
reformist rather than revolutionary (as compared to youth of the Port Huron statement),
frustrated by party platforms of the 2 party system
Millennials and youth politics - Answer-unique in tendency to appeal to structure and
authority rather than character and virtue, grew up during a time where America and the
meritocracy "worked", so did not feel the need to push against it
American exceptionalism institutions - Answer-parties and policies are unique- plurality
rather than proportional electoral structure, parties have less strength, separation of
powers, bicameral legislature
American exceptionalism elections - Answer-campaigns/elections are much longer and
much more expensive than those of other countries
Downs Spatial Model - Answer-party politics determined chiefly by voter distribution, in
a 2 party system with a unimodal distribution, parties will converge on median voter,
degree of convergence depends on extremist abstention
Electoral structure and number of parties - Answer-Plurality elections lead to 2 parties,
proportional representation leads to multiple parties
polymodal distribution of voters - Answer-ideologically defined multi-party system
bimodal distribution of voters - Answer-distribution is polarized, parties today cater to
the extremes- to what degree does elite ideology shape voter distribution and to what
degree does voter's opinions shape elite ideology
Asymmetric politics - Answer-Democratic party is driven a coalition of groups with
shared interests, Republican party is driven by a unifying ideology
Fed 39 - Answer-federalism- separated institutions sharing power
Fed 51 - Answer-checks and balances btwn the 3 branches
, Federalist 78 - Answer-defense of the judiciary- least dangerous branch
Federalist 46 - Answer-fed gov't is not powerful- states are closer to the people so they
will have more support than the fed gov't
Federalist 53 - Answer-Annual elections are counterproductive, reps should have time
to become experts
Federalist 62 - Answer-Senators would be voted on by state legislatures- states have
power in the fed gov't
Federalist 63 - Answer-Senate's longer terms help develop sense of national character
and consistency, necessary for appearance of strength and dealings with foreign
nations
Federalist 69 - Answer-Executive will not be like a monarchy at all
Federalist 70 - Answer-Unitary executive- necessary for energy and accountability
Dynamics of polling - Answer-based on "mushy" opinion, lack of clarity on polling
mechanisms, creates obsession with horse race, shapes/influences opinion rather than
simply records it, -> perception of who's winning can affect who wins
value of campaigns - Answer-ability to volunteer, some information/stark contrasts,
accessible to everyone
vices of campaigns - Answer-citizens' don't matter equally -> candidates pander to the
financially resourced, focused on behaviors over policy, incumbent advantage
Obama Era Racial Politics - Answer-filtering of every issue through race, made implicit
racial issues EXPLICIT, resurgence of defensive white identity, Trump's presidency on
basis of embracing whiteness only made possible by "necessary condition" of a Black
president
Clinton Era Gender Politics - Answer-Clinton's challenge to patriarchal power created an
environment of overt sexism because it threatened the male identity
Kamala's Harris Gender Politics - Answer-Plausible deniability in regards to sexism by
critiquing legitimate concerns regarding policy and performance, even though these
critiques may have a gendered subtext
effect of money in electoral process - Answer-increasing campaign costs = increasing
amount of time spent raising money, causes decreased transparency and pandering to
financially resourced citizens,
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