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Political Behavior Flashcards

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15th Amendment

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Let Black Men vote

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17th Amendment

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Granted people the right to vote senators into office

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19th Amendment

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Recognized Women’s Suffrage

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24th Amendment

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Abolished poll taxes which were used to suppress minority vote

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26th Amendment

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Lowered Voting Age from 21 to 18

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Rational Choice Voting

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Person votes based on individual self-interest, studies issues and platforms

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Retrospective Voting

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Person votes based on past track record of politician

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Prospective Voting

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Person votes based on predictions on how politician will do

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Party-Line Voting

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Person votes for all people of their party

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Structural Barriers

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  • Policy or law that prevents/encourages people to vote
  • Affects Voter Turnout
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Political Efficacy

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  • Citizen’s Belief about whether their votes matter
  • Affects Voter Turnout
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Demographics

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  • Senior Citizens vote more often
  • Dictates Voter Turnout
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Type of Election

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  • National Elections get more participation than State Elections
  • Affects Voter Turnout
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What factors affect who people vote for?

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  • Party identification
  • Candidate characteristics
  • Political issues
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Linkage Institution

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  • Societal Structure that connects people to government/political process
  • Mechanisms that let average people connect/talk with policy makers
  • Political Parties, Interest Groups, Elections, Media
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Canvassing Campaigns

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  • Political Party organizes volunteers to go persuade people to vote for their candidate
  • Door to door talking, campaign signs, etc.
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What Parties Do

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  • Mobilization and Education of Voters
  • Write and Publish Party Platform
  • Find and give management support to candidates
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Why can’t minor parties win?

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  • Winner-Take-All Voting Districts; all votes go to party with majority
  • Major parties incorporate their agendas into their platforms
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Interest Group

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Group of people who gather around a policy issue in order to persuade policy makers to pass legislation favorable to them

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What do Interest Groups do?

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  • Educate voters and office holders on certain issue
  • Engage in lobbying; hold meetings with policy makers to influence them to pass legislation
  • Draft legislation + present to legislators
  • Mobilize members to pressure/work with legislators
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Iron Triangle

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  • Mutually beneficial relationship between interest groups, congressional committees, and government agencies
  • Congressional committees are provided with policy information and donations from interest groups
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Primary

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Elections in which members of a party vote on which candidate they want to represent them in the general election

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FECA

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  • Created FEC
  • Established Limits to hard money
  • Limited how much candidates could spend + contributions
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Buckley v. Valeo

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  • Struck Down Candidate Spending Limits since it limited 1st amendment free speech
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Hard Money

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Contributions given directly to a candidate

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Soft Money

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Money donated to a party/interest group who can then buy advertising on the candidate’s behalf

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Bipartisan Campaign Reform Act (BCRA)

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  • Banned soft money to parties
  • Increased hard money cap
  • Made candidates attach names to ad
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Citizens United v. FEC

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  • Limits on contributions from individuals and corporations are a violation of free speech
  • Independent expenditure groups are protected
  • Led to development of SuperPACs
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SuperPACs

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Committees that can receive unlimited donations for the purpose of independent expenditures and political activity

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Baker v. Carr

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  • Supreme Court has jurisdiction over redistricting
  • Problems regarding redistricting can be decided over a court
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Shaw v. Reno

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  • Can’t gerrymander based on race

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