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Elected in 1998 and recalled when? |
Gray Davis and recalled in 2003 after starting his second term |
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Who replaced Gray Davis in 2003? |
The Terminator won with 55% of vote |
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Why was he recalled? |
economy tanked after 9/11 and the Summer Energy Crisis of 2001. Blamed on him even though it's not his fault |
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Problems for Schwarzenegger? |
He was too right wing for the left and too left wing for the right. He didn't really know how to run the state. He was an actor. |
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Current Governor? |
Jerry Brown |
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Current problems with state? |
the drought, budget problems (unbalanced), economy |
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How is a political party recognized? |
You must be of a significant size to be recognized by the state |
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Positives of being recognized? |
Names of candidates printed on ballots. Be qualified and recognizable. |
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Different components of parties? |
regular conventions. party in govt (holding office), party organization (paid or volunteer), party in the electorate (regular voters) |
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Why are the parties weak? |
you don't have to vote according to your party, lack of regular vote from people, fastest growing registration is no party preference, weak ties with national party, candidate centered. |
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Role of minor parties? |
bring awareness to issues, don't actually win. |
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How do they vote? Republican? Democrat? |
Republican Vote - White, higher income, rural counties Democrat Vote - Blacks, Latinos, Women |
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Party structure? |
committees that raise funds, register party members, work on state party platform, recruit candidates to run for office. |
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Qualifications to vote? |
citizen, 18, residency requirement, must be registered (15 days before election), no felons or parole. |
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how does voter registration work |
15 days before election, through your county, can be done online, declare party online or no party, 1993 motor voter law |
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how to cast a ballot |
at a polling place, absentee voting by mail. |
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what encourages or discourages people from voting? |
very negative campaigns discourage voting |
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what demographics are more or less likely to vote? |
Age 55 and up is 45% of the vote, Women are 51%, White are 66%, Higher education vote, homeowners vote, higher income vote |
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why is voter turnout so low and in what elections is it the lowest? |
uninformed, think their vote doesn't matter, don't like either candidates. Local elections have the lowest turnout. |
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What has and is being considered to encourage voter turn out |
1993 motor voter law, voting by mail, online voting (considered) |
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basic qualifications for elected office? |
residency in your state and district |
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how to get on ballot |
filling out form for appropriate office with few signatures and processing fee |
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types of California primaries |
direct primaries (currently used, people of a party vote for their candidate), modified closed (top two candidates move on regardless of party) |
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when are Cali's major elections |
they are every June every four years |
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what do we vote on in these elections? |
Governor, Bonds, Propositions, Lt Gov, Sec of State, Controller, Treasurer, At. General, etc. (TOO MANY) |
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how are the ballots arranged? |
name order is random and states party and job history |
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Who administers elections? |
Secretary of State |
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Concerns about administering of elections? |
ineffective ballots (hole punchers) |
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What changes to the 2012 election cycle were made? |
redistricting by citizens commission and top two primary system. this made a more competitive election. |
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What resources and media are used in CA for campaigning? |
Polling, strong coverage by media. They are very effective. |
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Why is campaigning different in Cali? |
We ALWAYS vote democrat so the candidates don't spend any time campaigning here |
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Why is high campaign spending frowned upon? |
Because it seems like you're buying the office you're running for. It's hard to limit because spending money is freedom of speech |
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Credible California politic outlets? |
The Sacramento Bee |
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What services do counties provide? |
Parks, libraries, fire department, sheriff, |
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two types of counties and their qualities? |
General Law - follows states template, non partisan elections, board of supervisors (5 members in 4 year terms) Charter Counties - more freedom in structure and usable taxes, elects sheriff, district attorney, and assessor (like general law) |
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Titles and roles of typical county executive officers? |
Treasurer - tax collector ; County clerk ; Auditor/Controller; Coroner ; Public Admin |
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What are the two major forms of city governments? |
Regular (80%) and Charter Cities (20%) |
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HOW MANY COUNTIES ARE THERE? |
58 |
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How do border changes to counties and cities happen? |
Annexation - adding unincorporated area to a city (protest petitions need 25% signature and a vote: yes or no) Secession - splitting from a city |
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Other unique forms of government? |
Special Districts : serve distinct geographic areas, have governing board, provide single service (school district, water, lighting, fire, airport, zoo) Cities by contract : pay other cities to do their services (garbage, fire dept, police, etc.) |
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Problems with Cali local gov right now? |
Lots of fragmentation in LA County ; lack of funding for local schools. |
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What is the Lakewood Plan? |
LB tried to annex Lakewood so instead Lakewood became a city and just contracted all the services they needed from the county and bordering cities. did this to avoid being annexed by LB, dodging the higher taxes. Local governance is very flexible and easy to maneuver to get exactly what you want. |
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Major sources of Cali's state revenue? |
Income tax - 48% Sales tax - 24% Taxes/Fees on Cars - 8% Corporation Tax - 6% Lottery - <1% |
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Major expenditures of Cali? |
General Fund - 65-80% Special Funds - 20-30% Bond Funds - 5-10%
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Specific expenditures |
elementary and secondary education - 29% business transportation and housing - 8% Higher education - 8% Corrections and rehab - 8% natural resources - 3% legislative, executive, judicial - 4% enviro protection - 2% general gov - 5% |
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Why are there local gov budget problems? |
Prop 13 is bad policy and takes away a lot of revenue from the state. takes from property tax. |
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What does prop 13 do? |
cap property taxes from raising more than 1% per year |
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How to fund local gov? |
Income taxes, prop 13 weakens other revenue. |
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