2nd Gov. Quiz Flashcards by Christine Filer

🌟Ideological-Party

How does this work?

Ideological party has Lib and Con
Party has dem and Rep

Con connects to rep
Lib connects to dem

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🌟Moderate-centrist (middle)

Most politicians, 90%

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🌟Liberal (left)

Goal?

It’s goal is ‘Equality and individual rights’

loose interpretation
Big gov.
Regulated economy (favor trade policies)
more progression
Pro environment
Democrats

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🌟Conservative (Right)

Goal?

Goal: ‘Preserve heritage and culture’

strict interpretation
small gov.
Laissez=fair economic approach (favor free trade policies)
maintain society Norms
Pro-business and industry
Republicans

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🌟Radical (far left)

desire social change
violent and extremists
black Panthers

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🌟Reactionary (far right)

strongly oppose to social change in society
violent and militant
KKK

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🌟Who would be in favor of…
Affirmative action type policies, personal freedom, no capital punishments, women’s rights for abortion, welfare for all less fortunate, gay rights, protecting American interests politically, religious tolerance, CNN, big gov. regulating economy, legalization of marijuana

Liberal

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🌟Who would be in favor of…
Using traditional Christian heritage to seek guidance, rights for the unborn, pro guns, supporting only the ‘truly’ needy people, using the military to protect American intents, National rifle association, FOX news

Conservative

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🌟On the political spectrum, how is everything ordered from left to right?

Radical, liberal, dem, mod dem, moderate, mod rep, rep, conservative, reactionary

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🌟Who would allow KKK to organize and march in a parade in a city?

Liberal, or conservative?

Liberal

BOTH

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🌟Who would require all high school students to say the pledge?

Liberal or conservative?

Conservative

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🌟What would a 45 year old doctor with 2 children, and a thirty eight year old politician who supports tax cuts for the wealthy be?

Republicans or Democrats?

Republicans

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🌟What would a single 20 year old male, a Hispanic college student majoring in business, and a 20 year old female school teacher all be?

A democrat or a republican?

Democrat

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🌟what are Democrats like?

Donkey, minorities, younger, lower level income, pro-Union (worker), urban (city)

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🌟 what are Republicans like?

Elephant, WASP (white Anglo Saxon Protestants), experienced and older, higher level income, pro-management (employed), suburban and rural.

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🌟Whats the Green Party like?

Represent the liberal (left), very pro-environment, advocates for social justice

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🌟Libertarian party

Right, economically , social-more moderate, small gov.-via tax cuts

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🌟Caucus

Meeting of members of a political party for the purpose of choosing a candidate for an election

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🌟Complications of an election

Primary’s vs Caucuses
Who can vote
Who votes when
Votes that aren’t votes
Super Delegates

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🌟15th amendment

Gives former slaves and non-white people the right to vote

Key words African American

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🌟19th amendment

Right to vote can not be restricted to gender

Key word women

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🌟23rd amendment

Gives the district of Columbia electoral votes

Key word DC

🌟24th amendment

Abolishes all forms of poll tax

Key word taxes

🌟26th amendment

Right to vote goes to 18 year olds

Key word age

🌟How did the two party system begin?

It began with the federalist so and the anti-federalists

What are the 4 minor party's (third party's)?

The ideological party, the single issue party, the economic protest party, and the splinter party

🌟How do party's choose their candidates???

They select candidates and present them to voters and make them want to vote by informing and inspiring them

🌟 What are Political party's? What do they want?

Groups of people that want to control the gov. through winning elections and holding public office

Major parties

Republic and democrats

What role does public opinion polling play in the American political system?

The opinion of the people in our government system is huge. It's not the only influence, but it's a big deal?????

Public opinion polls

Asking people questions on opinions

🌟How does bias in media affect our ability to understand current events?

Bias has to do with slanting the truth wether on purpose or on accident, like when someone is closed to themselves sometimes you assume something's wrong with them. That might not be the case, and the same kind of thing can happen with political events

What are the different types of voting held in the US of A?

Primaries, caucuses, general elections, etc...

Primary elections

An election where a party's voters get to 1. Choose state party organizations delegates to their party's national convention And/Or 2. Express a preference for their party's presidential nomination

General elections

A regularly scheduled election where voters make a final selection of office holders

Who is in charge of the electoral process in the state of Illinois?

State election committee

🌟Precincts

A voting district The smallest geographical units for each conduct of elections Has no more than 500-1000 qualified voters

🌟Polling places

The place where the voters that live in a precinct actually vote

What are the functions of the two parties?

To nominate electors

Bias

Slanted view

🌟The three voter qualifications

Citizen ship, residence, and you have to be 18 or older

🌟How does a voters behavior and factors influence turnout

``` Higher income-more likely Higher occupation-more likely Higher education-more likely Age: 35+ more likely Women-more likely Party identification-the more dedicated, the more votes ```

🌟Name the political party that would promote personal liberty for its followers and promote economic conservatism through heavy tax cuts?

Libertarians

Name the philosophy of the gov. President Obama is most likely to follow

Centrist leaning towards liberal. | Check with teacher

Name the political party that believes in true equality for all of its members

Possibly socialism or communism | Check with teacher

🌟What are the publics opinion influential factors?

Family, school, 🌟mass media, peer groups, opinion leaders, and historic events

🌟Where does campaign funding come from?

Individual donations and super PAC's

Straight ticket voters

Voters who support canisters of the same party in every election

Split ticket voters

Voters who support candidates of different parties in the same election or from one election to the next

Absent ballot

If you missed the ballot you can fill this out and you'r vote will count p

🌟Electoral college

- body that formally elects the president - representative and senator (# of elector votes) - there are 100 senators (2 per state), 435 representatives, and 3 electors in DC (538 total electoral votes) - need 279 votes to win

Electors

Voted by the people to vote for the president. They can vote for whoever they want though, although they typically listen to the voters

🌟What is the difference between a PAC and a super PAC?

PAC's-has limitations Super PAC's-no limitations