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Unit 5 5.1-5.5 5.8-5.10 Flashcards

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Electorate

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The body of people that are entitled to vote

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Franchise

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A Constitutional right or privilege in the case to vote

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Suffrage

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The right to vote

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15th Amendment

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Gave African Americans the right to vote

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19th Amendment

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Women’s suffrage

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23rd Amendment

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3 Electors for DC

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24th Amendment

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Outlawed poll taxes in FEDERAL elections

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26th Amendment

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Set voting age at 18

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1957 Civil Rights Act

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Addressed discrimination in voter registration

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1964 Civil Rights Act

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Equal Application of voter registration

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1965 Voting Rights Act

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Outlawed Literacy test and created a pre clearance

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Rational choice

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Based on your own self interest

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Retrospective

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Based off past experience

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Party Line

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Strict on the past ideology

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Candidate Centered

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Based on the candidate of course

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Requirements to legally vote

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  1. Has to be a citizen
  2. 18 years or older
  3. Has to register
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Proper portion for voting place

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Largest- precinct
Medium- Ward
Smallest- polling place in

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NVRA

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Motor Voter Law

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Absentee

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A mail in completed ballot (restrictions)

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Voter apathy

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Lack of concern for elections

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Political efficacy

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Believes their vote counts (so when someone has no political efficacy they believe their vote doesn’t matter)

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Political parties

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Organized groups of people with similar political ideologies at different levels of government

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DNC

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Democratic national committee

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RNC

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Republican national committee

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What is a candidate centered campaign? Why have candidate centered campaigns increased over time?

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They are campaigns that focuses on the individual as they can speak directly to the people. Due to social media, today it has increased the power of candidate centered campaign/people can see the person.

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Why do political parties try to appeal to coalitions?

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Because they are voting blocs and can sway elections as a whole

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Divided Government

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Opposing political party holds majority in House, Senate, White House, or two of them

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Party realignment

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Party changes as loses mount due to social ideology in many cases( loses, voting blocs) shift in dominance. Happens in CRITICAL ELECTIONS

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Critical elections

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The elections that reveal sharp changes to party politics (loyalties) (party realignment)

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Party dealignment

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People leave the party and go to another

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Third parties

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Minor parties that have existed and played a role in politics and the election process

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Ideological 3rd party

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Based on social, economic, or political beliefs
Ex:Socialists, Libertarians

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Splinter

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Action spikes from major nation party
Ex: Bull Moose Party, States’ Rights Party

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Economic Protests

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Formed on basis of poor economic/socioeconomic conditions
Ex: Populists, Greenback

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Single Issue

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Based on individual policy matter
Ex: prohibition, Green Party

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Single Member Districts (barrier to third parties)

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Winner of the most votes (plurality) wins the elections

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Money (ballot access)

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Don’t have the money to get on all ballots

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Incorporation of ideas

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Grouping of voting blocs

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Winner- Take- All

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Can’t win enough to get electoral votes with winner take all

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What are the 3 parts of a campaign?

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Biography, the issues, and then the attack (mudslinging)

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What is the FEC and its purpose?

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The FEV is the agency charged with administering and enforcing the federal campaign finance law. Has jurisdiction over the financing campaigns of the US house, senate, president and vice president

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FECA (1971)

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Limited an individual’s contributions to $1,000 per election
Limited a candidate’s own contributions to $50,000 per election
Defined/regulated donations of PAC’s
Created a public fund

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Electioneering

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To take an active part in an election campaign

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Buckley v. Valeo

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Ruled over FECA kept donation limit, but allowed candidates to spend however much they want

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Hard money

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Donation given directly to candidate

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Soft money

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Donation to a party or interest group

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Dark money

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Donation with a lack of transparency of where it came from

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BCRA

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Bipartisan Campaign Reform Act/ McCain- Feingold Act
Used to limit hard money and banned soft money

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Citizens United v. FEC

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Allowed corporations to donated to candidates/ could use their money for candidate if not formally with the candidate (considered corporations people)

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McCutcheon v. FEC

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Allowed people to donate to any number of different people but limited the dollar amount to each candidate

51
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Process of election

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  1. Primaries/caucuses
    2.convention (platform +candidate chose)
    3.candidates campaign
  2. Election (first Tuesday after first Monday in November)
  3. Electoral college votes
    6.counted votes Jan 6
  4. Jan 3rd new congress
  5. Jan 20 inauguration

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