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54 Cards in this Set
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Three Political Cultures based in the 1960s
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Traditionalist
Individualistic Moralistic |
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Traditionalist
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Southern States (Confederates) and minorities
don't vote as much wealthy protected govt plays little role |
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Moralistic
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Northern belt
Protestant, do what's good and right voting = civil duty |
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Individualistic
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industrial heartland, large cities
govt = political competition Mass, NY, Illinois |
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Political Culture voting differences
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Moralistic= High
Traditionalist= Low Individualist= Medium |
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Extreme Views
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Conservative and Liberal
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Liberal
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metropolitan and industrialized states
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Conservative
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less urban
traditionalist but non trad are still sometimes cons |
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Cut govt taxes
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Conservatives
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Expand govt services
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Liberals
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% of democrats in state Upper and Lower houses
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Strong correlation
.86 |
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Relationship between party controls in governors and state legislatures
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Little correlation
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States with split gov control
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8 states
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Democrats control ___ state legislatures
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27
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Republicans control ___ state legislatures
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8
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Split Party Nominations
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gerrymandering
timing of election |
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"straight ticket"
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only vote for your one party
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"less"partisans and "non"partisans vote for ___
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the best candidate not party
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1949 V.O. Keys
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South benefits the wealthy because they're the ones who vote
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As parties become equal in strength, ____
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they support the poor
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Division in legislature leads to
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higher Welfare
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Low expenditures, Low taxes
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Southern States
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Competition between parties does NOT lead to
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lower taxes
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State relationships
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Spurious
Casual None |
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Spurious
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seems like a worthy link but examined individually is absurd
A causes B not realistic But C causing A and B is realistic |
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Casual Relationship
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One variable causes another
High grad rate => High per capita income |
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Fire engines = Danger
Casual solution |
One fire engine per fire would decrease danger
(NOT TRUE) so spurious |
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Relationship between generosity to poor and political competition
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NONE
region influences both |
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T/F Scatterplots are sufficient to find casual relationships
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FALSE
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Sharkansky
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govts that spend more have better outcomes and infant mortality
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Voting Methods
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no consistency
90% optically scanned South doesn't have verification Partisan bias |
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Exclude south in scatterplots
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Correlation vanishes
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Most common form of political participation
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voting, Texas is at the bottom %
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Proactive
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powerful positive correlation with good results
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Reactive
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negatively correlated with good results
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what does it mean when you remove Texas from a correlation coefficient and its greatly reduced?
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NO relationship
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No Govt Period
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"sense of community"
govt isn't something you turn to in trouble govt = sheriff and taxes |
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___ govt solves problems
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Municipal
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High voter support =
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promise of public services
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Organization =
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winning office
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Govt deficiency that causes higher taxes
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Corruption and inefficiency costs the wealthy
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reform movement
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undo urban machines using state laws to change elections and procedures forced under "Dillon's Rule"
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decline of machines led to what belief?
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law can shape behavior and outcomes
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In the American Federal System if you fail at one level...?
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shift contest to next level and win there
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States rights
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regulate intercity and intrastate commerce
require health and building codes supersede common law |
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Govt responsibility
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soften economic hardships
old age health coverage |
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Natl Govt responsibilities
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National defense
international involvement |
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National Standards vs Local Standards
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N>L
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National funds given with ___?
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"strings"
agree to certain regulations |
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T/F National govt can borrow money
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True
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National govt takes care of
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World, National, and Local problems
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Changes in Society have resulted in
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different expectations for govt
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Government has become
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more active and centralized
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Government programs do what?
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solve problems and meet needs
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