Chapter 1 Flashcards
How many electors in Electoral College?
538
Electoral College
Electors (not people) vote for President and Vice President
Commerce Clause
Gives Congress power to regulate commerce with foreign nations, among the several states, and with the Indian tribes
Gibbons vs Ogden
In 1905, the Supreme Court used the Commerce clause to halt price fixing in the Chicago meat industry when ruled that Congress had authority to regulate local meat market
Business done even purely local could become part of commerce involving interstate movement of goods and sources
Authority
The right to use power
Democracy
The rule of many
Elite
Persons who possess a disportionate share of some valued resource
Marxist View
Government is dominated by capitalists
Power elite view
View that the government is dominated by a few top leaders, most of whom are outside the government
-coalition of three groups dominates politics: corporate leaders, top military, handful of elected officials
Bureaucratic view
Government dominated by appointed (non elected) officials
- all institutions have fallen under control of large bureaucracies
- effectively make public policies as suits their own ideas and interests
Pluralist view
Competition among all affected interests shapes public policy
- political resources are so widely scattered that no elite has a monopoly on them
- elites are divided and responsive to followers’ interests
Creedal Passion View
Passionate people who want to run government and change things
Political agenda
Issues people believe negates government action
Majoritarian Politics
All pay and all benefit
-social security
Interest group
Few pay and few benefit
-nazi party wants to march in Jewish town
