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1
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When do you friends shape your beliefs the most

A

Middle school/ high school

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2
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Which is the best predictor of what someone’s opinion will be about an issue, candidate or political party?

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Race

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3
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A question on a poll that pushes you toward one candidate or away from another is called a

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Push poll

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4
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If you let respondents choose to be in your sample, you are committing what polling error?

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Self-selection

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5
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Which is the term for the process through which you get your beliefs and values about politics?

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Political socialization

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6
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Remember stratified sample and why it is better? How do you use this method of sampling?

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look at the demographic population and weight them in your sample

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7
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Why is it so hard for minor/third parties to get their candidates elected?

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Winner take all system
Public campaign financing rules
The Electoral college

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8
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Political parties exist in gov but they also exist

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in the electorate, which is the voters who consider themselves members

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9
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Aiding presidential campaigns and conducting party-building activities is the job of whom?

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the national party committees

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10
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If someone identifies as a woman of color, which political party are they most likely to vote for?

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Democrats

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If someone identifies as a white male, which political party are they most likely to vote for?

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Republicans

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12
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Which is most effective in getting people to the polls

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Political parties

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13
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Which pair of court cases equated money with speech?

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McCutcheon and Citizens United

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14
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Which court case said politicians can spend as much of their own money as they want to try to get elected?

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Buckley v Valeo

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15
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Before 12th Amendment, the President and VP could be elected from opposite parties

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True

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16
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What is front loading and who does it benefit?

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State tend to pick the earliest primary date possible; front runners

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17
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Which rule for media companies says you have to give both sides the same amount of time to speak or advertise?

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Equal time rule

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18
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Who regulates television and airways because they are a public space

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The government through the FCC

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19
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Which one allowed for more consolidated corporate ownership of media?

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Telecommunications Act of 1996

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20
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Which method of citing a source says u may reveal nothing about where your info came from (you say, a source said)

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On deep background

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21
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Has out trust in the media increased or decreased in the last 50 years?

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Decreased

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22
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Which kind of brief does an interest group file to the Supreme Court, to show their analysis and side of a case

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Amicus curiae

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23
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Which concept explains how people reap the benefits of others actions, though they did nothing to earn these benefits?

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Free rider problem

24
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Which act banned gifts to public officials and put into place tougher disclosure requirements for lobbyists?

A

Honest Leadership and Open Government Act

25
Q

If a senator already support the NRA, what else may a lobbyist for this interest group provide for them legally

A

Info on policies up for debate or votes

26
Q

We don’t actually elect the president. Instead, a candidate must win 270 ______ ______ votes.

A

Electoral college

27
Q

If we didn’t have to work on Election Day because it was a ______, more people would probably vote.

A

Holiday

28
Q

Prof. McClain is a huge nerd and loves to watch_____, because it is the most unfiltered coverage of what Congress is up to every day.

A

CSPAN

29
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This kind of voting, which means members of Congress vote the way their party tells them to, whether or not it’s what they might personally want to do, had increased a ton in the last 20 years.

A

Partyline

30
Q

Sadly, only about 55% of Americans choose to ____ in presidential elections.

A

Vote

31
Q

When you leave homeless and poor people out of your sample for your poll, you have made a _____ error.

A

Sampling

32
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The democratic and republican national ________ are responsible for giving us their vision, so that we may decide which party we identify with.

A

Committees

33
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When a candidate wins an election, they claim a ____, or that since they won, they now get to carry out their (and their party’s) agenda.

A

Mandate

34
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The AARP is an example of this type of interest group, which is very well-organized and thus very influential.

A

Economic

35
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_____ polls are when pollsters stand outside polling places and ask people who are leaving who they voted for after they’ve voted.

A

Exit

36
Q

When Joe Biden talks to reporters (and us) directly, he is doing a press ______.

A

Conference

37
Q

People who follow this religion are more likely to vote for Democrats.

A

Judaism

38
Q

When a representative from the NRA talks to members of Congress about supporting gun rights and the 2nd amendment, they are doing what?

A

Lobbying

39
Q

The ______ of media ownership is a huge problem for being able to get fair and balanced news reporting.

A

Consolidation

40
Q

The political parties are allowed to change their _____ during their national party conventions. This is a list of issues and their stances on them.

A

Platform

41
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Political knowledge and political participation have a _____ relationship. When you know more, you are more likely to vote.

A

Reciprocal

42
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one measure of accuracy of a poll; below 4% is considered good.

A

Margin of error

43
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This is also known as a media effect and happens when the media gets to decide for us what is important enough to report on.

A

Agenda setting

44
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Online voting would be so awesome, but there are some pretty major ______ concerns.

A

Security

45
Q

This news channel is for Spanish speakers, and is a great example of narrowcasting.

A

Telemundo

46
Q

How many years must you wait to walk through the revolving door?

A

Two

47
Q

Union membership has _____ over the last 20 years.

A

Declined

48
Q

In 1932, the election of FDR is what political scientists call a _____ election, because there was a big party realignment around the issue of the state of the economy and the role of the government in economic matters.

A

Critical

49
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What is FEC?

A

Federal Election Commission, which is an independent federal agency, created to enforce nation’s election laws

50
Q

BRCA or McCain Feingold

A

Included a new set of campaign finance regulations:
- Regulated political ads and funding.
- Set hard limits on campaign contributions from a number of sources

51
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Citizens United v FEC

A

The SC said the BRCA’s ban on electioneering communications made by corporations was unconstitutional

Corps and unions have now as much power and right to free speech as an individual

52
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McCutcheon v FEC

A

The SC struck down the aggregate limits on the amount of $$$ individuals may contribute to all federal candidates, parties and PACs combined

Paved the way for increased influence of individual donors

53
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1996 Telecommunications Act

A

Deregulated the whole segments of the electronic media, so it was supposed to offer people better media services

Allowed companies to take over and create multi-media approach to communicating info and entertainment.

54
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Federal Communications Commission (FCC)

A

regulates interstate and international communications through cable, radio, television, satellite and wire

55
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Agenda setting

A

The power of media to bring public attention to particular issues and problems

56
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Collective goods

A

We all get these things, yet not all people donate for them.

57
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Honest Leadership and Open Government Act

A

Banned gifts and honoraria to members of Congress and their staff from lobbyists

Tougher disclosure requirements of reporting money that u are paid as lobbyist and money u spend on members of Congress

Longer time limits moving from the fed gov to private lobbying sector

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