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what are the ways that people form political opinions?

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demographic characteristics (gender,race,age,religion), institution (family), cues from leaders, political knowledge

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what are the agents of political socialization?

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family, gender, married v. unmarried, education, race

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at what age do people begin to process their political beliefs?

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10-11

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as people grow older, how to their political beliefs change?

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people become more independent

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how does a political active family impact your beliefs?

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the more politically active, the more likely you are to support the same party

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how have women’s political beliefs changed from the 1920s to the present?

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started out republican, moved to support democrats

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how are singles likely to vote?

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democratic, liberal

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how are married voters more likely to vote?

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republican, conservative

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how do protestants tent to vote?

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conservative

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how do jews tend to vote?

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democratic

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how do catholics tend to vote?

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conservative

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how do church goers vote?

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conservatives

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how do non church goes vote?

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democratic

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how does education affect how you vote?

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educated = democratic

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how do black americans tend to vote?

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democratic

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which party do hispanics tend to affiliate with?

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democratic

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how do white americans vote?

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conservative

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what is a political party?

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when people join together to achieve common political goals

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what are the three elements that must be present for the establishment of a political party?

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  1. shared beliefs
  2. program
  3. chance of success
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what were the two early major parties?

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whigs and democratic-republicans

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how does the democratic republican party view the gov?

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small, limited government

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what are the five goals of political parties?

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  1. organize political majority
  2. provide candidates
  3. educate voters
  4. finance election campaigns
  5. winners run the gov
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how did federalists view the federal government?

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strong, central gov

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how did the anti-federalists feel about the federal government?

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more power to the states

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what issue divied the democratic party during the civil war?

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slavery

26
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when did the modern republican party come into existence?

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1851

27
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what issues did the republicans shift their support to during the late 1800s?

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business interests

28
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what are the four reasons that third parties rose and fell?

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  1. sectional discontent
  2. radical politics
  3. single issue parties
  4. economic goals
29
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who are examples of successful third party candidates?

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ross perot, ralph nader

30
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what did the populist party campaign?

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federal ownership of railroads/telephones, higher taxes for higher income

31
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what cause states rights party to break from the democratic party?

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civil rights

32
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what are the two major political parties?

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democratic and republican

33
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what are two examples of single issue parties?

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progressive and prohibition party

34
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what are the four reasons for keeping the two party systems?

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  1. desire for stability
  2. national election laws
  3. size of federal system
  4. tradition of alternation
35
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what does it mean to be a liberal?

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want more government action

36
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what does it mean to be conservative?

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less government control

37
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why are moderates so important for elections?

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these are the largest number of people

38
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what are the two ways to describe a radical?

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  1. problems solved through extreme measures
  2. changes take place immediately
39
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what are some problems with labeling and political beliefs?

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the labels don’t always fit

40
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what are the requirements in early colonial voting?

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land owning, male, church going

41
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what are two ways that the south used to limit how blacks voted?

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  1. poll taxes
  2. literacy tests
42
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what amend elimated taxes and literacy taxes?

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24

43
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what amendment allowed for the direct election of senators?

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17

44
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what amendment lowered the age for voting?

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26

45
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what is a primary?

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process to narrow down the party’s candidates

46
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what is a close primary?

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only registered members of the political party are eligible to vote?

47
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when are special elections called?

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after the resignation

48
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what is an open primary?

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any registered voter is eligible to vote in this election

49
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what is a caucus?

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public party meeting

50
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what is a superdelegate?

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members of democratic party that serve as unpledged delegates at the convention

51
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what important political activities happen at a national convention?

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  1. writing of party platform
  2. nomination of the party’s candidate
52
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when does the presidential campaign begin?

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after labor day

53
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when are elections held?

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the first tuesday after the first monday in november

54
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what is the name of the time period between when the president and the outgoing president?

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lame duck

55
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what is the limit that individuals can donate to campaigns?

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$2700

56
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what is citizens united v. fec?

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limitations on both corporations and individual contribution is an unconstitutional violation of 1st amendment

57
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what is a pac?

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political action committee

58
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what is a superpac?

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political action committee that is allowed to raise and spend unlimited amounts of money from corporations, etc.

59
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what is a lobbyist?

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someone who tries to persuade legislators to vote for bills that lobbyists favor

60
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what is an interest group?

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organization of people with similar policy goals that try to influence the political process, eg. NRA

61
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in what way did the media influence the government?

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media draws attention to range of issues, media outlets picking what they cover and partisan

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