Test #1 - Elections

Question 1

VP duties

Answer 1

To succeed the president, to be the tie breaker in the senate.

Question 2

Line of succession

Answer 2

President, VP, Speaker for the house, President pro tempore of the senate

Question 3

Presidential Qualifications

Answer 3

35+, natural born citizen, lived in the USA for the past 14 years

Question 4

25th Amendment

Answer 4

If president becomes unfit or unable to do his job, VP becomes president

Question 5

One VP who became president

Answer 5

When FDR was assassinated, Lyndon B Johnson became the 36th president.

Question 6

Democrat core tenants

Answer 6

minority rights, voting rights, protecting the environment.

Question 7

Republican core tenants

Answer 7

Lower taxes, capitalism, restrictions on immigration

Question 8

Who registers as independent

Answer 8

About 1/3 of the population. People who don’t completely affiliate with any party.

Question 9

What is a political platform

Answer 9

A set of goals/beliefs supported by a candidate or political party.

Question 10

Agents of socialization

Answer 10

Family (most influential), religion, friends

Question 11

What is a third party

Answer 11

a party any other than the two largest parties

Question 12

name a third party

Answer 12

libertarian party supports less government involvement in people’s lives.

Question 13

majority vs minority

Answer 13

whichever party is in power in the house or senate

Question 14

senate and house parties

Answer 14

house is democratic, senate is not called but leaning republican

Question 15

partisan vs bipartisan

Answer 15

something that is done by/for one party is partisan, bipartisan is something that is agreed on by both parties

Question 16

what/how often is census

Answer 16

the census counts every person living in the US and its five territories every 10 years

Question 17

why is the census importan

Answer 17

redistricting and money allocations to communities

Question 18

how many people are in the house

Answer 18

435

Question 19

how many people are in the senate

Answer 19

100

Question 20

who are California’s senators

Answer 20

Kamala Harris, Dianne Feinstein

Question 21

who is my district rep

Answer 21

Barbra Lee

Question 22

How does the census help redistrict

Answer 22

censes is used to know how many people there need to be per district

Question 23

how our house seats apportioned

Answer 23

every state has 1 seat. the rest are based on population of the state

Question 24

how many people are there per district

Answer 24

600,000

Question 25

why doesn’t trump want non-citizens counted in cenus

Answer 25

non-citizens tend to live in haven cities, which tend to be in democratic states, which could lead to democratic states getting more seats

Question 26

how many representatives does CA have right now?

Answer 26

53 representatives

Question 27

definition of gerrymandering

Answer 27

manipulate the boundaries of an electoral district to favor one party

Question 28

packing vs cracking

Answer 28

packing puts all people of one party together so that they only count for one vote, cracking is breaking them up so they are not the majority anywhere

Question 29

one reason for the electoral college

Answer 29

safeguards against uninformed voters

Question 30

one reason against the electoral college

Answer 30

it can end up with a president who lost the popular vote

Question 31

what is tyranny of majority

Answer 31

the fear that the majority can do whatever it wants, harming the majority

Question 32

why 538 electoral votes?

Answer 32

435+100+3 for washington DC

Question 33

winner take all states

Answer 33

states that let whichever party is the majority in the state have all of the electoral votes. Maine and Nebraska

Question 34

faithless elector definition

Answer 34

a person who doesn’t vote with the typical beliefs of their party

Question 35

what happens in an electoral tie?

Answer 35

the house elects the president, with each state getting one vote, and the senate elects the VP

Question 36

qualifications to be a supreme court justice

Answer 36

none

Question 37

supreme court nomination process

Answer 37

president nomination, senate committee, full senate, confirmation vote

Question 38

peaceful transition of power

Answer 38

government peacefully hands over power to new government, public peacefully accepts new government

Question 39

voter suppresion

Answer 39

voter purges, registration restrictions, not enough ballot boxes