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25 Cards in this Set
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19th Amendment |
1920 - Women Vote |
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1869 Wyoming |
Territory allows women to vote |
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1893 Colorado |
1st State to allow women to vote |
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1920 |
12 States allowed women to vote |
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26th Amendment |
1971 - 18 Year Olds Vote |
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1971 |
26th Amendment - Vietnam War argued if soldiers can die why cant they vote - Irony because had lowest rate of voting |
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Low Voter Turnout in U.S. Compared to Other Countries (50% to 60% v. 80 to 90%) |
Registration = voluntary v. mandatory Registered voters have high voter turnout - Motor Voter Act 1993 - Time of week that voting was opened weekend vs. week |
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Motor Voter Act |
1993 - Anyone that registered there license would be automatically registered |
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Voters v. Nonvoters (Characteristics)
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Characteristics
- Education - Age - Race - Income |
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Consequences of Voters v NonVoters |
Link between voting & public policy (old v. young) |
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Theories of Interest Group Behavior |
Factions - James Madison Pluralism - David Truman Upper Class Bias - E. E. Schattschnieder |
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Why People Join Interest Groups |
The Collective Action Theory - Mancur Olson Decision to join - Cost/Benefit Analysis Collective Goods & Free Riders (Size of group) |
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Reasons to join Interest Groups |
Compulsory Membership - Unions & Licensing Selective Benefits |
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Why Interest Groups Win |
Concentrated Benefits & Distributed Costs |
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Lobbying the Government (Lobbying Strategies) |
Congress Personal Contacts (Contacting congressmen that you already know) Committee Hearings & Iron Triangles Grass Roots Campaigns - Convince voters back home to take action |
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Lobbying Strategies PAC's |
Number of PACs - To 5,000 Big Spenders - Dem. v. Rep. Groups Advantage to Incumbents |
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Judicial (Lobbying Strategies) |
Test Cases - Brown v. Board of Education & Roe v. Wade Amicus Curiae Briefs Appointments |
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Lobbying Strategies (Protests) |
No government attention; gain public awareness of issue |
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Political Parties & Their Functions |
Functions Organize like-minded citizens Simplify Voter's Choices Nominate Candidates Coordinate The Actions of Government |
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Party |
Organization that runs candidates to win elections |
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History of Political Parties - Developments Through Presidential Elections (Realignments & Democratization) |
Federalist v. Republicans (Hamilton v. Jefferson) |
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First Realignment |
Election of 1800 Republicans Replace Federalists 12th Amendment - Seperate votes between president & Vice President |
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12th Amendment |
Seperate votes between president & Vice President |
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Election of 1824 |
Fall of King Caucus |
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Fall of King Caucus
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Informal meetings in which American congressmen would agree on who to nominate for the Presidency and Vice Presidency from their political party.
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