POSC Exam 2 Flashcards
Which of the following is the California government’s four core political values:
1)Faith in the people and democratic institutions as a means of controlling the government. This has manifest itself in the stat’s system of ballot measure, the popular electron of many state and local officials and high levels of civic involvement on many public bodies.
2) Distruct of legislature, interest group, and politcal parties.
3) A strong governoship as a means of controlling the legislature.
4) A desire for what is often called “good government” corruption free government
5) All of the aboves
Which of the following the state constitution provides for?
1) Weak poltical parties
2) A great deal of direct democracy
3) A weak legislature
4) A non-partisan judicary that must stand for election
5) A Strong highly professional Bureaucracy
6) All of the aboves
Which of the following is related to Direct Democray?
1) Initiatives, also known as Propositions, are used to amend the state constitution (Constitutional initiatives) OR to enact a statute (statutory initiatives). Statutes are laws adopted by a legislature.
2) Referendums are used to overturn/affirm a law that the state legislature has enacted.
3) Recalls are used to determine if an elected official should remain in office or be removed before his/her term of office expires.
4) All of the aboves
Electred Executive officials?
1) The state elects twelve constitutional executives to four year terms.
What does Executive: Item Veto do?
1) The item veto allows a governor to remove individual parts of a bill without vetoning the entire bill.
Which of the following is related to Legislature?
1) California has a full time legislature. Its districts are redrawn every 10 years by the Citizens Redistricting. Legislative districts are single-member winner-take-all. The two top finishers, regardless of party, face-off in the general election. The legislature is NOT as diverse as the population it represents.
2) The Senate has 40 members who serve 4 year terms. Electrons are staggered so there are 20 up for reelection every 2 years. The Senate leader is the Senate Pro Tempore of the Senate President. The current Senate President is Toni Atkins (D-39). 32 Democratic. 8 Republicans.
3) The Assembly has 8 members who serve 2 year terms. The leader is the Speaker. The Speaker of the Assembly is, on paper, more powerful than the Senate Pro Tempore. The Current speaker is Robert Rivas (D-29). 62 Democrats. 18 Republicans.
Which of the following relate to Judicary?
1) Trial Judges (superior court judges)
2) Appellate justices
3) Merits System
4) All of the aboves
Which of the following relate to State budget?
1) General fund
2) Special funds
3) Bonds Funds
4) Federal funds
5) Miscellaneous Revenues
6) Discretionary funds
7) All of the aboves
What is proposition 13 about?
1) Property tax cap
Which of the following is related to Federalism?
1) Federal (National) governments
2) State governments
3) local governments
State and local government do alot
Which of the following?
1) They employ more people than the federal government.
2) Combine they typically spend more money than the federal government
3) They are responsible for a great many domestic policies and duties such as education, law enforcement, and roads and now abortion.
4)The fact is that the average citizen who is not in the military is more likely to be affected in his/her daily life by a state/local government than by the national government. Remember, in 2020, it was state and local governments that established stay at home orders and shut schools – not the National Government.
What do States do?
1) Constitutional Roles of the states
2) Extra-constitutional Roles of the States
Which of the following Limits on States?
1) Constituional limits
2) Practical limits
3) The Constitution
4) Federal Court Rulings
5) Changes in National Policy
6) All of the aboves
Which of the following is Advantages of a federal system?
1) Diversity of solutions
2) Open political doors
3) States as Dutiful Administrators
4) addressing National failures
5) Laboratories of Democracy
6) models for national Constitutions
7) Double security for rights
8) Responsiveness to local needs
9) Checkon federal power
10) All of the aboves
Which of the following is Disadvantages of a federal system?
1) lack of Uniformity
2) Inequality between states
3) States as a check on natioanl government
4) Complexity and inefficiency
5) Difficulty Addressing National Crises
6) All of the aboves
Defintion of Fiscal Fedearlism?
1) Refers to the system of financial transfer from the federal government to state and local governments
Which of the following relate to Fiscal Fedearlism?
1) Matching funds
2) Categorical Grants
3) Block Grants
4) All of the aboves
What did James Madison argued about Federalism?
1) States jad more power
2) Citizens would identify more with state
3) Federal power peaks during war, state power during peace
4) Senators and representative would be sensitive to state interests
5) States as a check on Federal power
6) All of the aboves
Eras of Federalism in U.S.
1) Era 1: State-dominated federalism (1790s-1860s)
2) Era 2: Dual Federalism (1860s-1933)
3) Era 3: Cooperative Federalism (1933-1963)
4) Era 4: Creative Federalism (1963-1969)
5) Era 5: New Federalism
6) Era 6: Return to creative Federalism under Obama/Trump/Biden/Trump
6) All of the aboves
Which is relate to the Important Federalism Decisions?
1) Martin V Hunter’s Lessee (1816)
2) McCulloch V MD (1819)
3) Gibbons V Ogden (1824)
4) Brown V BD (1954)
5) Reynolds V Sims (1965)
6) Gideon V Wainwright (1963)
7) Miranda V AZ (1966)
8) South Dakota V Dole (1987)
9) U.S. V NY (1992)
10) Printz V U.S. (1997)
11) U.S. V Lopez (1995)
12) U.S. Morrison (200)
13) Gonzales V Raich (2005)
14) All of the aboves
Tyes of Elections?
Primary and general, as well as midterm elections
Who votes?
Average Voter:
Female
Educated
Wealthy
Middle Aged (45+)
Caucasian
Why Don’t People Voter?
Disillusionment
Feel they are not qualified to vote
The content of status duo
Lack of education
Time it takes to vote
Voting is irrational
Apathy/Dislike politics
Fear of getting in trouble
What influenced our votes?
Issues, Ideology, campaigns, party/candidates and current conditions
