Bustard Parties

Question 1

DACA - Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals
Established in……. by the Obama administration and rescinded in ……. by Trump.
Explain it?

Answer 1

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.

Question 2

In 2014 Obama announced his intention to expand DACA to cover additional illegal immigrants.
But …….+ states immediately sued to prevent expansion.

Answer 2

25+ states

Ultimately blocked by the courts.

Question 3

Republican party:

Grassroots conservatives represented by ….. and …….

Answer 3

Cruz and Carson.

Question 4

Republican party:

Christian right represented by……….and ………

Answer 4

Huckabee ans Santorum

Question 5

Republican party:

Moderates represented by …….. and ……..

Answer 5

Bush and Christie

Question 6

Republican party:

Conservative moderates by …….. , Walker, ………… and Paul

Answer 6

Kasich

Rubio

Question 7

Who is House Majority leader?

Answer 7

Kevin McCarthy (Republican)

Question 8

Who is House Minority leader?

Answer 8

Nancy Pelosi (Democrat)

Question 9

Who is Senate Majority leader?

Answer 9

Mitch McConnell

Question 10

Who is senate Minority leader?

Answer 10

Chuck Schumer

Question 11

Obama’s Economic Stimulus package saw every single House Republican vote against it in ……….(year)

Answer 11

2009

Question 12

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

Answer 12

34 states

This suggests that as a partisanship grows in the electorate, split-ticket voting declines.

Question 13

Roe v. Wade ……. (year) criminalised restricted access to an abortion.

Answer 13

1973

Question 14

……. (year) Financial Stimulus Bill.

$…….billion provided to bail economy out of recession.

Answer 14

2009

$831 billion

Question 15

Grover Norquist - A libertarian-leaning Pepublican, he is the primary promoter for ‘……………..’

Answer 15

Taxpayer Protection Pledge”

Question 16

Taxpayer Protection Pledge ?

Answer 16

Agreement to oppose increases in marginal income tax rates for individual and businesses.

Question 17

Ross Perot’s success
1992 - …….% of popular vote
2000 - …….% pop vote for the ……. party

Answer 17

19%

9% for the Reform Party.

Question 18

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.

Answer 18

Ralph Nader

Question 19

Third Party Success in gubernatorial elections:
1998 - Jesse Ventura - what state? …….
2010 - Lincon Chafee - ………
2014 - Bill Walker - ………

Answer 19

Minnesota - Reform Party
Rhode Island - Independant
Alaska - Independant

Question 20

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

Answer 20

Lisa Murkowsi was a Republican but lost out in a primary. She was later elected due to writ-ins.

Question 21

Blue Dogs Coalition currently has ….. members in the House.
Mostly a continuation of the socially conservative wing of the Democrat Party

Answer 21

14 members

Question 22

A 2015 gallup survey found ……..% of Democrats identify as liberals; a rise from 29% in 2000

Answer 22

45%

Question 23

Texas ……th district is heavily gerrymandered

Answer 23

35th district.

Question 24

….out of the ….. most gerrymandered districts are in ……… all won by Democrats.

Answer 24

3/10

North Carolina

Question 25

Trump won ……% of the Kentucky vote

Answer 25

63%

Question 26

Trump won …/9 rustbelt states in 2016

Answer 26

6/9 rust belt states.