Last Test Thank God Omg Flashcards
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Concept where voter doesn’t vote for every single race on the ballot
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Ballot fatigue
2
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Amendment where women can vote
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19th
3
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Acronym for the most powerful interest group in US
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NRA (National Rifle Association)
4
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Major political party that existed many years ago and was against the democrats
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Whigs
5
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President who created social security
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Franklin D. Roosevelt
6
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President who resigned because of watergate
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Nixon
7
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Term used for people who don’t vote
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Idiot
8
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Atheists tend to be more _______
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Liberal
9
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Age people develop political views
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12-14
10
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What color is associated with Republicans and Democrats?
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Republicans: Red
Democrats: Blue
11
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Man who made mascots for the republican and democratic parties
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Thomas Nash
12
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What party ended slavery?
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Republicans under president Lincoln’s office
13
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Someone who likes lower taxes
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Fiscal conservative
14
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How much money can a super PACC spend on their own without specifically saying to vote for a candidate?
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Unlimited
15
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Where do you file sunshine reports?
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The FDC
16
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What’s the latest you can register to vote
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The day of
17
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How are house candidates voted?
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Single member system
18
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What is the right to vote called?
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Suffrage
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Which part of the country is conservative?
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The south
20
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Republican president that’s very environmentally friendly
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Theodore Roosevelt
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Democratic president that was impeached
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Clinton
22
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Less spending and more freedom
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Libertarian
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Acronym for old people party
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AARP
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Amendment that gives blacks the right to vote
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15
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Country that came up with a secret ballot
Australia
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Process of shaping ones ideas and attitudes about government
Political socialization
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The collection of one's political ideas and views
Political ideology
28
What are the left wing categories
Anarchism
Communism
Socialism
Liberalism
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What are the right wing categories
Fascism
Nazism
Monarchism
Conservatism
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What do left wing liberals like?
Pro choice
Progress
Hate tradition
Like government
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What are conservatives more in favor of?
Less government
Like tradition
More tough on crime/protection
Pro life
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What are social issues?
Marriage and abortion
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What are fiscal issues?
Taxes, jobs, environment
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Which gender is more conservative towards military?
Men
35
Young people on economic issues tend to be more _____
Liberal
36
Poor people on fiscal issues tend to be more ______
Liberal
37
If you're married and have a ton of kids you're probably ______
Conservative
38
Aftican Americans are more _______
Liberal
39
Mormons are very ________
Conservative
40
Catholics are usually ______
Conservative
41
Jews are ______
Liberal
42
Cities are ______
Liberal
43
Countries are ______
Conservative
44
Suburbs are ______
A mix of liberal and conservative
45
Northeast America is _______
Liberal (NY, RI, ME)
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ID, MT, UT is _____
Conservative
47
Midwest America (OH, WI, MI) is _____
A mix
48
Over time the US has become more ______
Polarized
49
What are citizen opinion leaders
People who find out info on everything (politicians, political issues, ext.) and express their opinions
50
How would you canvass with brochures?
Door to door but only works in small areas
51
What are house parties
Parties where the candidate talks to everyone and gains support
52
What is a lit drop
When you deliver literature to the voters
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When you are ahead in the public polls you are less likely to ______
Agree to a public debate
54
What are campaign finance disclosure laws?
Laws saying that each campaign has to report their financial reports to the FEC (federal election committee)
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How much money can a campaign receive from an individual person?
$2,600
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What is a PAC?
Political action committee
57
How much can a political action committee spend?
$5000
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Case where Congress tried to limit how much you can spend in political advertising but was ruled unconstitutional
Buckley v. Valeo (1976)
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Who are the right wing super PACs?
Charles & David Koch
Richard and Bill Marriott
Sheldon Adelson
Frank VanderSloot
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Who are Charles and David Koch?
Right wing super PACs that are oil rich
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Who is Richard and Bill Marriott?
Right wing super PACs that own hotels
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Who are the left wing super PACs?
George Soros
Warren Buffet
Jeffery Katzenberg
Peter Lewis (dead)
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Who is Warren Buffet?
A left wing super PAC who owns Dairy Queen
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Who is Peter Lewis
Left wing super PAC who owns progressive
65
Who is Jeffery Katzenberg?
Left wing super PAC who owns dreamworks
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The media is typically _____ wing
Left
67
Fox news is very _______
Conservative
68
Presidential candidates spend most of their time in _____
Swing states
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Latinos are ______
Democratic
70
A promise a candidate says to change something
Mandate
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A group of people with common interests
Interest groups
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Full time professionals that work for interest groups and make friends with politicians to talk about laws
Lobbiests
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Biggest teacher labor union
NEA (National Education Association)
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Very big groups that typically support democrats
Labor unions
75
Contribute lots of money to republicans because they tend to lower taxes; biggest contributors
Business interest groups
76
What is the most influential business group
IACL (Idaho Association of Commerce and Industry)
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American Civil Liberties Union are _____
Liberal and don't like guns
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When was the voting rights act signed
1965
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What was the 24th amendment
Got rid of the literacy test
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What was the 26th amendment
People can vote at 18
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Voter registration requirements
Be a US citizen
Have residency in the state your voting in
No present felonies
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What are absentee ballots?
Ballots that are mailed to you
83
What is a referendum
Proposed law on ballet put there by legislature
84
What is the primary election
Contest between candidates of the same party
85
What is a closed primary
Openly declare what party you are
86
The sense that you could make a difference
Political efficacy
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What year did the Republican Party start?
1860
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What were the very first political parties?
Federalists and antifederalists (democratic)
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Who was a famous federalist?
John Adams
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Federalists typically had ______
Land and were bankers
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Who was a famous democrat?
Thomas Jefferson
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Democrats were ______
Townspeople
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The Federalist Party _____
Died first and then the Whigs came in
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What year was Lincoln elected president
1860
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What are liberals
Support expansion of government services
96
Who created Medicare and Medicaid
Johnson (D)
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Who limited welfare
Clinton (D)
98
Franklin D Roosevelt (D) fought what war?
WWII
99
Wilson (D) fought what war?
WWI
100
What president dropped bombs on Hiroshima?
Harry Truman (D)
101
Which president sent troops to Vietnam?
Kennedy (D)
102
Which president was an environmentalist and created the national park system
Teddy Roosevelt (R)
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Which president ended the Cold War?
Ronald Reagan (R)
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Which president was tough on communism?
Eisenhower (R)
105
Which president was tough on communism during the Cold War?
Richard Nixon (R)
106
Which president responded to Iraq attaching Kuwait
George H.W. Bush (R)
107
Who fought Afghanistan and Iraq?
George W. Bush
108
Tea party was in what bigger party?
Republican
109
When was the socialist party popular?
1800
110
Who made the splinter party?
Teddy Roosevelt in 1912 (it came off the Republican Party)
111
Who was Ross Perot
He was an independent running against Clinton and Bush in 1992
112
What are proportional systems
Where a government has a republican, democrat, and any other member of party
113
When different parties work together
Coalition
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When you draw the lines for districts in such a way that your political party will win
Gerrymandering
