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Exam 1 Flashcards

1
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What does DACA stand for

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Delayed action for children arrivals

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What do you need to do to remain in DACA

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You must either 1.) work 2.) be in school 3.) join the military you cannot commit a crime and you must re register every 2 years

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How many DACA kids are in the U.S. Now

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800,000

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Why do republicans not welcome DACA

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Most come from socialist/ left countries and would support Democratic Party

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Why is the middle ground disappearing according the jerry brown

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The new polarized environment is forcing the middle ground compromises out

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Why does jerry brown say democrats are switching to republican

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Democrats used to represent the working people but people are losing jobs to technology and manufacturing is changing leading to discontents so working people are look for a stronger leadership.
Also the democrats have weak leadership and no pure party identification: only anti-trump

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What do democrats need to do better according to jerry brown

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Recruit better candidates who will work across party lines

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What 4 countries does trump call out in his speech to the UN and what does he say

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North Korea- depraved regime w/rocket an leader
Venezuela- socialist dictator with terrible pain and suffering
Cuba- corrupt and will renew sanctions
Iran-dictatorship and terrorists

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What was trumps most used word in his UN speech

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Sovereignty

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What was the overall theme of his speech

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Every country, especially the U.S. Needs to put themselves first but also we have to work together

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Who were the republican senators who blocked the Lindsey graham healthcare bill

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Rand Paul- Kentucky
John McCain- Arizona
Susan Collins- Maine

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12
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What is the republican strategy to winning the presidency

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The L strategy. Start at the Canadian boarder and goes through the plain states down to Texas and the goes right through the south towards the Atlantic Ocean the. Fight over the Midwestern states

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What is the democratic strategy to winning the presidency and how does it work

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The coastal strategy
Work through the north eastern states through Virginia then jump over to the west coast then fight over the Midwest states

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What are the battle ground states

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Midwestern states

Michigan, Ohio, Pennsylvania, and Wisconsin

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Gerrymandering definition

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The drawing of voting Districts to favor one political party over another

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Who makes up the apportionment board and what do they do

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Governor, Secretary of State, auditor of state, republican from legislate, democrat from legislation
They apportion voters into voting districts

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When is gerrymandering unconstitutional

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When the districts are draw purposely to weaken or strengthen minorities

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How are districts drawn in Ohio and when are they drawn

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Apportion ate board draws state house and senate districts, the state legislature draws the congressional districts
They are done every 10 years after a senate

19
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What is the mains of ken buck drain the swamp video

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Corporation control political parties in America not the citizens.

20
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What is happening in gill v whitford

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In Wisconsin the legislature drew lines that were so far reaching they are being contested as unconstitutional because only 1 voice can be heard and the minority voices cannot be heard which against the 1st amendment

21
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Name the four sources of campaign contribution

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1.) individuals- people donate money directly to campaigns
2 types- hard: name is immediately disclosed
soft: give money to a campaign but
your contribution is hidden
2.) political parties- collects money from whoever And divides it up to candidates
3.) self financing- pay for everything themselves
4.)PACs- political action committees, raise money and send it as a group to candidates

22
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What was decided in citizens United

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The government cannot regulate how much money a person gives to a candidate because giving money is symbolic speech and free speech is guaranteed by the 1st amendment.
Corporations were deemed people.

23
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What made Catholics join the Republican Party

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Roe v wade

24
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What party do Jewish people belong to

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Democratic

25
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What party do evangelical Christians belong to

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Republican

26
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Who belongs to the Republican Party

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Evangelical Christians
The southern base
Right to life Catholics
Men
Farmers
Whites
The less educated
Conservatives
27
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Who belongs to the democratic Party

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People who live in North eastern and western states
Unmarried people
LGBTQA people
Less religious 
College educated people
Liberals
Minorities
28
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Which party dictates what land in the U.S.

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Republicans own the Great Plains and the south liberals own the west and northeast
They fight over the Midwest

29
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What are bundlers

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People that bundle contributions together and gives it to a candidate and be able to more easily influence congress

30
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What is a caucus

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People gather in a town hall to chose leaders. They separate based on candidate and listen to speakers and move until there is a clear candidate to be recommended to the ballot

31
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What is a primary

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People go to the voting booth and choose a name on the ballot

32
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What are the 4 types of primaries and explain them

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  1. ) open primary- no matter party affiliation you can vote across party lines but can only vote for one party
  2. ) closed primary- Ohio- can only vote for candidate registered to your party
  3. ) blanket primary- all candidates are placed on the ballot and anybody can choose them. Get one republican and one democratic
    4) jungle primary- all names are put on the same list and the top two compete for the candidacy discarding party affiliation
33
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What is a convention

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Local party leaders gather to choose a candidate

34
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What was the basis of the graham Lindsey bill

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give block grants to states to help cover healthcare but let them decide what to do with it

35
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What is the invisible primary

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Time where candidate raise money and up until they file to run for office- time to prove to the party you can garner money

36
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What are problems with Obama care

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Insurance companies are jacking up private costs and people are falling through the cracks

37
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Why did Sherrod brown say trump won

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Wages were flat and the democratic party is made up of different majority demographics with leaders only thinking about terms

38
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What did kaisich say in his video

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Congress needs to assert itself

The democrats have no identity and are only anti-trump

39
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What is the appeal of Obamacare

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Covers preexisting conditions
Stay on parents plan until 26
Covers everybody
Insurance companies cannot cap healthcare coverage

40
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Name the 3 waysfinancing political campaign

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Donations from groups or people
Self financing
Taxpayer public funding

41
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What Supreme Court justice will decide gill v whitford

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Kennedy

42
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Name the first four states to hold primaries and what type

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Iowa-caucus
New Hampshire- primary
South Carolina- primary
Nevada- caucus

43
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What is a push poll

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A poll designed so that it pushes you towards supporting or opposing a candidate through the framing of a question and subsequent gossip
Done by a polling consultant in the air war

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