Bustard Parties Flashcards
DACA - Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals
Established in……. by the Obama administration and rescinded in ……. by Trump.
Explain it?
2012
2017
Immigration policy that allowed some individuals who entered the county as minors illegally to receive a renewable to year deferred action from deportation.
In 2014 Obama announced his intention to expand DACA to cover additional illegal immigrants.
But …….+ states immediately sued to prevent expansion.
25+ states
Ultimately blocked by the courts.
Republican party:
Grassroots conservatives represented by ….. and …….
Cruz and Carson.
Republican party:
Christian right represented by……….and ………
Huckabee ans Santorum
Republican party:
Moderates represented by …….. and ……..
Bush and Christie
Republican party:
Conservative moderates by …….. , Walker, ………… and Paul
Kasich
Rubio
Who is House Majority leader?
Kevin McCarthy (Republican)
Who is House Minority leader?
Nancy Pelosi (Democrat)
Who is Senate Majority leader?
Mitch McConnell
Who is senate Minority leader?
Chuck Schumer
Obama’s Economic Stimulus package saw every single House Republican vote against it in ……….(year)
2009
In 2016, when the same senate seats where being contested in the same states, all ……. states voted the same way in both the presidential and senatorial races
34 states
This suggests that as a partisanship grows in the electorate, split-ticket voting declines.
Roe v. Wade ……. (year) criminalised restricted access to an abortion.
1973
……. (year) Financial Stimulus Bill.
$…….billion provided to bail economy out of recession.
2009
$831 billion
Grover Norquist - A libertarian-leaning Pepublican, he is the primary promoter for ‘……………..’
Taxpayer Protection Pledge”
Taxpayer Protection Pledge ?
Agreement to oppose increases in marginal income tax rates for individual and businesses.
Ross Perot’s success
1992 - …….% of popular vote
2000 - …….% pop vote for the ……. party
19%
9% for the Reform Party.
George W Bush beat Gore to the state of Florida by 537 votes. ………… votes added to Gore, most likely outcome, would have won hm state and whole election.
Ralph Nader
Third Party Success in gubernatorial elections:
1998 - Jesse Ventura - what state? …….
2010 - Lincon Chafee - ………
2014 - Bill Walker - ………
Minnesota - Reform Party
Rhode Island - Independant
Alaska - Independant
Third Part Success in Senate elections:
2006 - Bernie Sanders (Vermont) - independent
2010 - Lisa Murkowski - (Alaska) what was unusual about this.
2012 - Angus King (Maine) - Independent
Lisa Murkowsi was a Republican but lost out in a primary. She was later elected due to writ-ins.
Blue Dogs Coalition currently has ….. members in the House.
Mostly a continuation of the socially conservative wing of the Democrat Party
14 members
A 2015 gallup survey found ……..% of Democrats identify as liberals; a rise from 29% in 2000
45%
Texas ……th district is heavily gerrymandered
35th district.
….out of the ….. most gerrymandered districts are in ……… all won by Democrats.
3/10
North Carolina
