Vocab

Question 1

representation

Answer 1

one person acting in the interests of a group of people; to make people present where they are not

Question 2

trustee model

Answer 2

elect someone to represent you and they will exercise their best judgement
“vote for me because you trust what i’ve done”

Question 3

delegate model

Answer 3

follows the wishes of the people above all else

Question 4

politico model

Answer 4

listen to voters on some issues, but on issues where the average voter does not pay attention act freely

Question 5

surrogate representation

Answer 5

legislator can unofficially represent people who are not in his state

Question 6

descriptive

Answer 6

how much does congress look like the U.S.?

Question 7

substantive

Answer 7

how often does the government act in the interests of the people?

Question 8

redistricting needs

Answer 8

1. compactness
2. continuousness
3. should have constituencies of similar interest

Question 9

gerrymandering

Answer 9

Began to keep federalists and antifederalists seperate.

• sacrifice one district with all thoughts against yours
• cracking-split up ideas against yours so they cannot win any seats

Question 10

problems with redistricting

Answer 10

1. politicians can choose their own votes
2. can create maps where they can never lose
3. no such thing as neutral redistricting

Question 11

ways to get re-elected

Answer 11

1. advertising
2. credit claiming
3. case work
4. position taking
5. innovation of policy

Question 12

advertising

Answer 12

getting people to know who you are without policy content; familiarity

Question 13

credit claiming

Answer 13

when something good happens under your administration claim credit for it regardless if you had anything to do with it or not

Question 14

case work

Answer 14

anything congress does to help a constituent

Question 15

position taking

Answer 15

doesn’t mean they’ve done anything with that position; lets people know about the position

Question 16

innovation of policy

Answer 16

find issue that no one is talking about and make it their own; consumer safety

Question 17

slate

Answer 17

a list of people that a candidate chooses who will support them if they win their state

Question 18

presidency like green lantern?

Answer 18

• people think it can do anything

- will power is the only limit to do things

Question 19

why to pick someone to be the vp?

Answer 19

1. party unity
2. help with election
3. offsetting weaknesses
4. best person to take over in an emergency

Question 20

careerism

Answer 20

politicians act as substitute teachers

Question 21

departmentalism

Answer 21

serving departmental interests only

Question 22

going native

Answer 22

become an advocate for the agency

Question 23

mission creep

Answer 23

scope of agency’s mission keeps growing

Question 24

revolving door

Answer 24

agencies heads become lobbyists

Question 25

proposed reforms to electoral college

Answer 25

1. direct election
2. district plan
3. proportional allocation
4. automatic plan
5. national popular vote

Question 26

direct election

Answer 26

people elect president directly

Question 27

district plan

Answer 27

1 vote for every district you win, winner gets 2 for the state

Question 28

proportional allocation

Answer 28

the winner does not take all, weakens the wasted vote argument

Question 29

automatic plan

Answer 29

eliminate electors, but still get electoral votes

Question 30

national popular vote

Answer 30

electors pledge to vote for national popular vote winner instead of the slate

Question 31

judicial review

Answer 31

court looks to see if laws or acts are unconstitutional

-this was not in the constitution, the court created it

Question 32

supreme court jurisdictions

Answer 32

1. appellate- appealed to the supreme court from lower courts
2. original- cases that originate at the supreme court

Question 33

how judges make decisions

Answer 33

1. legal model- judges are instruments of the law
2. attitudinal model- facts interact with attitudes which lead them to an outcome
3. strategic model- compromise to get as close as possible to preferred outcome

Question 34

writ of certiorari

Answer 34

asking supreme court to ask lower courts to send all evidence

Question 35

forma pauperis

Answer 35

when you can’t hire a lawyer to do the certiori