Chapter 12&14 Test Flashcards
What’s the difference between a right and a privilege
Right- something gautetees that gov cannot take away
Privileges- someone can obtain or receive, but gov can take away (drivers license)
Political ideology
A set of beliefs about desired goals and outcomes of a process of governance
Party identification
An individuals attachment to a political party
Conservatism
Gov wants more control on social issues and less on economic issues
Liberalism
Favoring less gov control over social behavior and more regulation on business and economy
Libertarianism
Favoring little gov regulation and intervention beyond protecting private property and individual liberty
Five different views of democrats
-liberty of privacy
-want more fun regulation
- pro-choice
-favor tax increases
-protect liberties of those accused of crime
5 viewpoints of republicans
-liberty in Market place
-want more immigration (stronger law)
-stronger punishment for offenders
-pro-life
-favor tax cut for businesses
Laissez-faire economic policy
Gov intrude as little as possible in the economic transactions between citizens and businesses
Command and control economy
Gov dictates much of nation’s economic activity including amount of production and price for goods
Mixed economy
Many economic conditions are left to individuals and businesses with gov regulating economic activity
Gross domestic product
Total value of goods and services produced by economy
Unemployment rate
The percent of people actively looking for work who cannot find jobs
Inflation
The rise in prices of goods and services
Keynesian economic theory
Boost economy by spending more money
Supply side theory
Lower taxes on individuals and business trends to boost supply (mostly republicans)
Fiscal policy
Govs use of taxes and spending to impact the economy
What do republicans generally support regarding the economy
Higher military, spending less on everything else, lower taxes unless wealthy corporations
What can too large of the money supply lead to
Inflation
Monetary policy
Set of economic police tools designed to regulate the amount of money in the economy done in federal reserve
Straight ticket voting
Voting only for people of one party
Split ticket voting
Voting for candidates of different political parties on the same ballot
Party’s platform
The top priorities that they are doing
Where is a party platform voted on
At the convention
What are responsibilities of the party leadership chair
Spokesman for their party and raise money for their political candidates
Recruitment
Process where political parties identify potential candidates
How do political parties assist during a political campaign
Maintain voter data base to target elections and helps handle cost and burden of campaign
Party coalition
Groups of voters who support a group of voters over time
Realignment
People shift from one party to the other
Critical election
Major national election changes balance between the two parties
Party era
One party wins most national elections
What is the era of divided government
Trend since 1969, one party controls both houses of congress
Polarization and how is it occurring
Voters consider themselves one party or the other, it makes it hard to compromise
Delegates
A person who acts voters represent at a convention
Primary elections
Voters choose delegates who support presidential candidates for nomination
Open primaries
All eligible voter ma may vote regardless of party affiliation , must cite on a ballot at one party
Closed primaries
Only those that have registered as a number of a political party may vote (meant to encourage an increase in party identifications)
Caucus
A meeting to select delegates
Superdelegates
Party leader not pledged to any candidate
