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1
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What is the most common form of political participation pursued by most voting age population

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Voting

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What factors tend to increase voter turnout among would be voters

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Less strict voting laws

Wealth and literacy

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Identify and briefly describe those amendments adopted to the constitution to expand participation in politics

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Amendment 15

Amendment 17

Amendment 19

Amendment 23

Amendment 24

Amendment 26

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Amendment 15

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Rights not to be denied on account of race

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Amendment 17

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Election of senators

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Amendment 19

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Womans right to vote

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Amendment 23

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Presidential vote in DC

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Amendment 24

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Poll tax

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Amendment 26

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Right to vote at age 18

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10
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Identify those supreme court cases that did away with Jim crow laws

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Brown vs board of education

Strauder vs west Virginia

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Brown vs board of education

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Got rid of the separate but equal law

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Strauder vs west Virginia

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Let black men get jury service

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what is the purpose of holding primary election and who holds primary

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the purpose of a partisan primary is for members of political parties to nominate candidates for the general election and elect party officers/ Iowa and New Hampshire hold the primary elections

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14
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who elects the next president if no candidate receives a majority in the electoral college and how often it happened

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the house of representatives elects

it only happened 2 times

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What did the Supreme Court decide in the case of Citizens v.s Federal election commission

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restricting independent expenditures for communications by non-profit corporations

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what are the major provisions of the Bipartisan Campaign Reform Act

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to eliminate the increased use of so called soft money to fund advertising by political parties on behalf of their candidates

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Which political party opposed the Democratic Party in the 1830s

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Whig party

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who are the supporters of the Republican Party

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Abolitionists, modernizers, ex-Whigs, and ex- free soilers

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which party dominated the southern politics after the Civil War

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Democratic party

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Name the state that starts the first presidential caucuses and the state that starts the first presidential primaries

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Iowa

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who is in charge of conducting the federal and state elections

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chief election officer of the state

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what is a closed primary election

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encourages party unity and prevent members of other parties from infiltrating and voting to nominate weak candidates

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How does the system guarantee the principle of “one person, once vote” in America

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the equal protection clause

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What is the goal behind the National Voter Registration Act

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Enhance voting opportunities

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Why people have to register in advance

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Prevents voter fraud

26
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Why voter turnout has declined since 1960

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Negative attitudes about politics has increased in the past decades

27
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Which federal act doubled and indexed individual contribution to inflation?

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Monetary policy and Dual mandate

28
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Who is the watchdog of federal election laws?

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Federal election commission (FEC)

29
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The Super PACs are prohibited from what kind of activities?

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Prohibited from donating money to political candidates

30
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Name the first 3rd party formed in America?

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Independent party

31
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What is the major role of 3rd Parties in American politics?

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3rd parties put focus upon certain issues forcing the larger parties to address them

32
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What did the Supreme Court decide in the case of McCutcheon vs. FEC

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That all contribution limits are unconstitutional

33
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What 3rd parties have not been successful in American politics

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Federalist party, whig party, free soil party, reform party, anti-masonic party

34
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Who is a free rider?

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Party that enjoys benefit accruing from a collective effort, but contributes little to nothing to the effort

35
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Who can interest groups lobby

A

Government officials

36
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How many electors does each state have in the electoral college?

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36 votes

37
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What happens on Monday after second Wednesday in December of presidential elections year?

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The electoral college cast their votes for president and vice president

38
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Is it possible to become the next president without winning the popular vote?

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Yes

39
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Who can contribute and how to a Super PAC?

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Individuals, minors, partnership, and limited liability companies./ each has to donate $250

40
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How much can an individual contribute to a federal candidate per election?

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$250

41
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What is a White Primary?

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Primaries held in the southern united states in which only white voters could vote

42
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What is the subject of the 26th amendment?

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People at 18 or older can vote

43
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What did the Supreme Court decide in the case of Shelby County v.s Holder?

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Section 5 and 4 stopped

44
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What does Section 5 of the Voting Rights of 1965 say?

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States have to give preclearance

45
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What examples of approved form of photo identification to vote in Texas?

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Drivers licence, election identification, personal identification, hand gun license, military identification card, state citizenship certificate, U.S passport

46
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What factors may effect whether a voter may actually vote or not?

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Income, occupation, education, gender, age, religion, ethnic background, geography, and family

47
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Proportional representation system

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In each district the number of votes is divided into each district +1. The resulting number is the electoral quota

48
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Winner takes all

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Whichever candidate receives a majority of the popular vote takes all the electoral vote

49
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Closed Primary

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a voter cannot participate in the nomination of party candidates unless they are registered members of that party

50
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Jungle Primary

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Each candidate needs to get 50% +1 votes. Top two candidates then compete head to head

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Semi-Closed Primary

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Registered party members can vote only in their parties primary. Unaffiliated voters can vote as well

52
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Open Primary

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A registered voter may vote in any party primary regardless of his own party affiliation

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Semi-Open Primary

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A registered voter need not publicly declare which political party’s primary that they will vote in before entering into the booth

54
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Blanket Primary

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A primary in which the ballot is not restricted to candidates form one party

55
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Nonpartisan Blanket Primary

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A primary in which the ballot is not restricted to candidates from candidates advance to the general election regardless of affiliation

56
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What takes place in campaigns?

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A political campaign is an organized effort which seeks to influence the decision making process within a specific group

57
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What is grass roots campaigning

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A progressive organization that specializes in running face to face campaigns for political parties, candidates, and advocacy groups

58
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Identify and briefly describe reforms that attempted to make voting easier?

A

National voter registration act of 1993

59
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What are the means used by interest groups to influence government decisions and which interest groups have successful used litigation as a means?

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Lobbying government, organized interests hire representatives to advocate on behalf of the groups interests. NRA

60
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How does the federal government raise money for public funding of presidential candidates?

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They ask whether tax payers would like $3 of their taxes to go toward a presidential election fund

61
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What has been the latest change in the Electoral College and how did this change happen?

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Created a separate ballot for the electoral college

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