Test 2

Question 1

Australian Ballot

Answer 1

Voting secretly

Question 2

Caucus vs. Primary

Answer 2

Caucus - Go to public area, ppl in community get together at 8 pm, first part of caucus for both parties candidates give speeches, for republicans after speeches given ballots and filled out secretly, but democrats have speeches then go into preference groups and heads are counted (not Australian, peer pressure)
Primary - Put thing in machine and no one knows how you vote

Question 3

Pardon

Answer 3

Pre-emptively, just sentenced, but president comes in and says you don’t have to serve and if already in prison you just leave

If convicted still a felon, just no punishment

Can happen before someone is even charged of anything, can’t even charge now

Question 4

Reprieve

Answer 4

President postpones punishment (serve, but not until next month)

Question 5

Clemency

Answer 5

Taking mercy on ppl

Question 6

Commutation

Answer 6

Reducing fine or time in prison (reduce punishment)

Question 7

Are the president’s pardon and reprieve and commutation powers just for federal or for everything?

Answer 7

Federal; governors do pardons for states

Question 8

Bully pulpit

Answer 8

Using the office of the presidency to speak to the American people in their presidential respect (ex. state of union address)

Question 9

Faithless elector

Answer 9

Candidate wins electoral votes by winning popular votes, winner-take-all should get all votes, most states say you need to vote for the person who got the popular votes in your state, but sometimes there is no law that says this, elector can vote for basically whoever

Question 10

Power of the purse

Answer 10

Power to give money legislation

Question 11

Executive department vs. organization

Answer 11

Department strictly in control of executing bills congress passes, but if organization works alongside congress, not putting laws into place, just doing something and getting government assistance with that (like a contractor ig)

Question 12

Brokered convention

Answer 12

No one wins majority, delegates can now choose whoever they want regardless of what the people said

Question 13

WHich party has superdelegates? What does the other party have?

Answer 13

1.Democratic
2.Unpledged delegates/party insiders

Question 14

2000 election

Answer 14

Bush managed to steal ALL of floridas delegates by 357 popular votes

Further recount for entire state, initial recount ppl were counting balots under certain circumstances but not in other counties, no uniform way of how ppl were supposed to count these ballots by hand, you’re now interrupting something that is in the constitution

Question 15

Are most of the states proportional voting? WHat were they a few years ago?

Answer 15

Yes, just recently switched from winner takes all

Question 16

Oversight

Answer 16

Congress’s ability to have hearings and grill ppl and test under oath, subpoena, conduct investigations, etc. (not constitutional)

Question 17

Nixon case

Answer 17

Claimed executive privilege, didnt want to hand it over, court said you have to, not a matter of national security, executive privilege not in constitution, similar to NY times v. US

Question 18

Frontloading

Answer 18

Holding caucuses/primaries earlier in the year to capitalize on

Question 19

Civil service

Answer 19

Something in a public sector thats not political

Question 20

Contracting out

Answer 20

Not enough workers to do certain things, instead of government making whole new agency, private businesses are paid to do it

Question 21

Statutory authority

Answer 21

Powers not granted explicitly in the constitution

Question 22

WHen do primaries/caucuses start and end?

Answer 22

Early february- june

Question 23

When does the general election start and end?

Answer 23

First tuesday after first monday of november

Question 24

When are congressional sessions?

Answer 24

Up until mid december before christmas break, then comes back like mid january

Question 25

How many total possible years can a president serve?

Answer 25

10

Question 26

When does a presidential term end?

Answer 26

Noon January 20th

Question 27

All democratic primaries/caucuses aware delegates on a ______ basis, whereas republicans sometimes have either _______ or ________

Answer 27

proportional, winner-take-all, proportional