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Chapter 5 6 7 And 13 Flashcards

1
Q

A _____ _______ is a small group of persons who seek to control government through winning elections and holding public offices.

A

Political Party

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2
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A __________ is an alliance, especially a temporary one, of people factions, parties, or nations.

A

Coalition

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3
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A general agreement among various groups on fundamental needs is a(n) __________ .

A

Consensus

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4
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People belong to a particular ___________ _______ because an ancestor chose to the party for the family.

A

Political party

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5
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A _______ / ________ party id one that is less supported in the political system.

A

Minor/third

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6
Q

An increasing number of Americans identify with _____/______ parties.

A

Minor/third

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7
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Most single-issue parties are _____ -Lived.

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Short

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8
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An example of an economic protest party, formed because of the huge budget deficit in 1992, and because an official political party in 1996 is the ______ party.

A

Reform

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9
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The communist and socialist are examples of a(n) ____________ party.

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Ideological

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10
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A ____ - party system exist in nearly all dictatorships today.

A

One

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11
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Democrats and republicans ____________ third party ideas, or make those ideas part of their won.

A

Assimilate

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12
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The right to vote is known as _________.

A

Suffrage

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13
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The procedure of voter identification intended to prevent fraudulent voting is called __________.

A

Registration

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14
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The _____th amendment was intended to secure the rights of African Americans to vote but did not, primarily because the federal government did not intervene to uphold the Amendment.

A

15th

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15
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____ _____ was a tax payment system required by some states before a person was allowed to vote. This method limited voting rights.

A

Poll Tax

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16
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Women received the right to vote through the ___th amendment.

A

19th

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17
Q

Poll taxes, literacy test, and threats have all been used in the past to keep ________-americans from voting

A

African

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18
Q

Turnouts are lower in ___-year elections, primaries and special elections that in _________-year elections.

A

Off : presidential

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19
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Political ________- is the process by which people gain their attitudes and opinions about politics.

A

Socialization

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20
Q

Voter turnout in the president elections steadily declined between ____ (year) elections and 2000; but has seen a significant increase in voter turnout in 2004, 2008, and 2012.

A

1960

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21
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Today most states require all voter be _________ of the U.S. and a __________ of the state in which they vote.

A

Citizen ; resident

22
Q

Voting for candidates of both parties during the same election is known as ______-_______ voting

A

Split-ticket

23
Q

__________ _________ is the feeling/perception that you personally can influence politics and the workings of the government.

A

Political efficacy

24
Q

In federal elections a candidate need not obtain a majority of votes to win an office. They simply need to have the most voted cast for a single office. This kind of vote is known as ____________.

A

Plurality

25
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Only declared party members may vote in a(n) ___________ primary election to so that only loyal party members influence the outcome of the primary.

A

Closed

26
Q

The practice of voting for candidates of only one party is called __________-_________ voting.

A

Straight -ticket

27
Q

Aliens, the mentally handicapped and convicted felons are considered ________ - ________ because they have a legitimate reason that does not allow them to vote.

A

Cannot-voters

28
Q

A person that voted for president and not for governor on the ballot is called a ______-______ voter.

A

Non-voting

29
Q

Because some ballots can be very long, voters often cast fewer votes the further down the ballot they go. This phenomenon is known as ______ ________

A

Ballot fatigue

30
Q

The single most predictor of a persons partisan voting behavior is the membership in one of the two major _________ in the USA.

A

Parties

31
Q

Party identification has _____ in strength in recent years.

A

Decreased

32
Q

Voters age, race, religion, etc. are ____________ factors affecting how a voter will vote.

A

Sociological

33
Q

Perception of politics and candidates and issues, as well as party identification are all _____________ factors that influence voting.

A

Psychological

34
Q

Split-ticket voting has ___________ in recent years.

A

Increased

35
Q

The most significant reason for non-voting in the U.S. today is due to _______ also known as LACK OF ________

A

Apathy; interest

36
Q

________-______ ballots tent to encourage straight0ticketed voting.

A

Party column

37
Q

Today most states including Kansas use the ________-_______ ballot where candidates are grouped together under the title of the office they are running for.

A

Office group

38
Q

A ______ is the smallest geographic units of election administration and your polling place is found within this unit.

A

Precinct

39
Q

The ____ is used by voter to register their choice in an election.

A

Ballot

40
Q

The political arm of special interest groups that have a major stake in public policy and raise money only for their members to fund political campaigns is called : ________ ________ committee, or PACs for short.

A

Political action

41
Q

The largest sum of money spent during political campaigns is spent on _________ time.

A

Television

42
Q

If a minor party candidate wishes to have their name appear in a ballot some states require a _________, which contains signatures of registration voters who say they want to nominate the candidate for political office.

A

Petition

43
Q

The general election for president take place in ________ of that year and the formal election for the president tale place in _________ when electoral col;eve ballots are opened and counted before the united Staes senate.

A

November;January

44
Q

One of the major defects of the electoral college is that the winner of the _____ vote, nationally, may not win a majority of votes in the Electoral College.

A

Popular

45
Q

Traditional poltical spectrum
+++++++
+ ++++ +++++++ ++++ +
——————————————————————————————
49. _________ Moderate 51. ____________

          50. \_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_.                                                      52. \_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_
A
  1. Radical
  2. Liberal
  3. Conservative
  4. Reactionary
46
Q

Isms political spectrum

+ ++++ ++++++++++ ++++ +
—————————————————————————————————————-
53._______________. 55. ________________. Monarchy

                      54. \_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_.                                56. \_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_
A
  1. Communism
  2. Socialism
  3. Democracy
  4. Facism
47
Q

To win the presidency of the United States the candidate must win _______ of the 538 electoral college votes.

A

270

48
Q

If there is a tie in the Electoral college the presidential election is decided in the United States ____________ ___ ______ where each states gets one vote an the candidate with a 26 of 50 votes wins.

A

House of reps

49
Q

Another defect in the electoral college is the potential for the “___________ _________” who does not cast their vote for the candidate they pledged to vote for because they are not required to by law.

A

Faithless elector

50
Q

The formula for determining how many electoral college votes each sate receives is based on the number of ______________ from the US and senate each state has.

A

Representatives

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