Chapter 11

Question 1

Adverse Selection

Answer 1

When some chooses between alternatives with incomplete information.

Question 2

Moral Hazard

Answer 2

The problem of not knowing all actions an agent takes in a principle agent relationship

Question 3

Australian Ballot

Answer 3

A Ballot in which all candidates for all offices are on one office.

Question 4

Single Member District

Answer 4

An electorate that is allowed to elect only one representative from each district

Question 5

Electoral College

Answer 5

The presidential electors that meet at state capitals to cast votes for president after popular vote

Question 6

Gerrymandering

Answer 6

The rearrangements of voter districts to give one party an advantage over another.

Question 7

Plurality Rule

Answer 7

A type of electoral system in which he who gains most votes wins

Question 8

Majority Rule

Answer 8

A type of electoral system in which a candidate must win at least 51% or greater to win.

Question 9

Proportional Representation

Answer 9

A multi-member district in which parties represent a percentage of a district corresponding to what percentage of votes won.

Question 10

Duverger’s Law

Answer 10

Political Science Law that states ,a plurality-rule electoral systems tend to have two political parties

Question 11

Referendum

Answer 11

A measure proposed or passed by a legislature that is referred to the vote of the electorate for approval or rejection.

Question 12

Initiative

Answer 12

A process by which citizens may petition to place policy on the ballot.

Question 13

Recall

Answer 13

The removal of a public official by popular vote

Question 14

Party Identification

Answer 14

An individuals attachment to a particular political party .

Based on issues, ideology, past experience, or upbringing.

Question 15

Issue voting

Answer 15

An individuals propensity to select candidates or parties based on the extent ti which the individual agrees with one candidate more than others on specific issues.

Question 16

“Prospective Voting

Answer 16

Voting based on the imagined future performance of a candidate

Question 17

Retrospective Voting

Answer 17

Voting based on the past performance of a candidate

Question 18

Spatial Issue

Answer 18

An issue for which a range of possible options
or policies can be ordered.

Liberal to Conservative
Expensive to Least Expensive

Question 19

Median-Voter Theorem

Answer 19

A proposition predicting that when policy options can be arrayed along a single dimension, majority rule will pick the policy most preferred by the voter whose ideal policy most preferred by the voter whose ideal policy is to the left of half of the voters and to the right of exactly half of voters.

A bell Curve

Question 20

Valence Issue

Answer 20

An issue or aspect of a choice for which all voters prefer a higher value

Voters prefer honesty

Question 21

Political Action Committee (PAC)

Answer 21

A private group that raises and distributes funds for use in election campaigns