Ch 9

Question 1

refers to the free use of the U.S. mails granted to members of Congress to promote communication with constituents

Answer 1

Franking Privilege

Question 2

Case where The U.S. Supreme Court decided in 1944 that laws preventing blacks from voting in primaries was unconstitutional

Answer 2

Smith v Allwright

Question 3

suspended the remaining voting test which discriminated against blacks

Answer 3

The voting rights act of 1965

Question 4

What is the 19th Amendment?

Answer 4

Women suffrage (ratified in 1920)

Question 5

Process for constitutional change in which a proposal is voted on by the public

Answer 5

Referendum

Question 6

drawn by the state legislatures following reapportionment

Answer 6

Electoral Districts

Question 7

process of redistributing the number of seats in the House of Representatives among the states based on each state’s population

Answer 7

Reapportionment

Question 8

the practice of dividing or arranging a territorial unit into election districts in a way that gives one political party an unfair advantage in elections

Answer 8

gerrymandering

Question 9

Electors equal the number of House and Senate members

Answer 9

The Electoral College

Question 10

responsible for setting limits on contributions for all federal elections

Answer 10

Federal Election Commission

Question 11

contest about winning 270 electoral college votes (majority election - 50% + 1 vote)

Answer 11

the general election

Question 12

it may be the best predictor of how an individual will vote

Answer 12

party loyalty

Question 13

what are some important candidate characteristics

Answer 13

race, religion, gender, and physical characteristics

Question 14

districts must be based on population and not geographical size

Answer 14

Westbury vs Sanders

Question 15

Districts must be continuous

Answer 15

Shaw vs Reno

Question 16

The court rule that you cannot draw districts to benefit one race over another

Answer 16

Miller vs Johnson

Question 17

The amendment that provides the procedure for electing the president and vice president

Answer 17

12th amendment

Question 18

political action committee

Answer 18

PAC

Question 19

a type of independent political action committee that can raise unlimited sums of money from corporations, unions, and individuals

Answer 19

super PAC

Question 20

political issues that have a broad amount of consensus among voters

Answer 20

Valents issues

Question 21

voting behavior where voters decide whether the party or candidate in power should be re-elected based on the recent past

Answer 21

Retrospective voting

Question 22

a type of voting behavior where voters cast their ballots based on predictions of how a party or candidate will perform in the future

Answer 22

Prospective voting

Question 23

The effects of individuals judgement about how the nation is doing economically on their evaluation of incumbents.

Answer 23

sociotropic voting

Question 24

a type of retrospective voting where voters focus on their personal financial situation when deciding which candidate to vote for

Answer 24

Pocket book voting

Question 25

Define political participation as “behavior designed to affect the choice of governmental personnel and/or policies”

Answer 25

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