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33 Cards in this Set
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What types of government have a 1 Party System? |
Dictatorship |
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What is a weakness of a Multi-Party System? |
Government in stability |
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What is another negative of a Multi-Party System? |
There's no majority party |
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What's a positive of a Multi-Party System? |
It gives voters a diversity of people to vote for |
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What is the occupation of the Sociological Factors? |
Mechanic, construction worker, factory workers; (Blue collar workers) |
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What did the 15th Amendment do? |
The right to vote cannot be denied on the basis of race |
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19th Amendment |
Gave women the right to vote |
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24th Amendment |
Abolished the poll tax |
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26th Amendment |
Minimum age of voting becomes 18 |
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What segment of America vote but were never given the right to vote by an Amendment? |
All white males who own property |
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Why were these 3 actions (Grandfather Clause, Literacy Test, and Poll Tax) used? |
To prevent African Americans from voting |
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What are the reasons for people not voting in America? |
They don't think their vote counts, they don't trust the government, and they don't have interest in the government |
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Who is the largest group of "cannot voters"? |
Resident Aliens |
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What do PACs do? |
Donate money to candidates |
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What is the purpose of FECs? |
It's job is to enforce campaign finances |
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Define Political Party |
A group of persons who seek to control government through the winning of elections and the holding of public office |
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What does a political party do? |
1) Nominate. 2) Inform. 3) Govern. 4) Make sure their candidates behave in a good manner. 5) Watchdog (party out of office watches party in office) |
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How do Interest Groups differ from Political Parties? |
1) The making of nominations (Interest groups don't nominate). 2) Their primary focus (Political Parties- government; who wins. Interest Groups- policy). 3) The scope of their interests (Interest Groups- concentrate only on those issues that most directly affect the interests of members. Political Parties- concerned with the whole range of Public Affairs) |
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What functions do Interest Groups fulfill in American Society? |
1) Stimulate interest in public affairs. 2) Represent their members on the basis of shared attitudes. 3) Provide useful, specialized, and detailed information to government. 4) Vehicles for political participation. 5) Add another element to the checks-and-balances feature of the political process. 6) Regularly compete with one another in the public arena |
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What are the current voter qualifications in our country? |
1) Age, 18. 2) Citizen. 3) Residency. 4) Register |
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4 Types of Minor Parties |
1) Ideological. 2) Economic Protest. 3) Single-Issue. 4) Splinter |
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Define Lobbying |
Activities by which group pressures are brought to bear on legislators, the legislative process, and all aspects of the public-policy-making process |
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Define Precinct |
The smallest unit of election |
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Define Propaganda |
A technique of persuasion aimed at influencing individual or group behaviors to create a particular belief, regardless of its validity |
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Define Split-Ticketing Voting |
Voting for candidates of different parties for different offices at the same election |
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Why do we make voters register? |
To prevent voter fraud |
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Oldest method of nominating |
Self-Announcement |
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What do we call the form of nominating done in a private meeting? |
Caucus |
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Which method uses delegates? |
The convention |
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What is the Petition Process of Nominating? |
Candidates for public office are nominated by means of petitions signed by a certain required number of qualified voters in the election district |
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What is the difference between open and closed primary? |
Independent voters can vote in a open primary and party voters can vote in a closed primary |
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What are the characteristics of voters compared to the characteristics of non-voters? |
The higher education the voter has the more likely to vote. The higher the income the voter has the more likely to vote. The older the voter is the more likely to vote |
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What is the responsibility of the national chairperson for each party? |
They run their party's headquarters |
