St & Local Final Pt Ii

Front 1

Responsible Party Model (6)

"Parties should..."

Back 1

develop and clarify policy positions for voters

educate the public about issues and simplify the choices

recruit candidates

organize and direct candidates campaigns

hold elected officials responsible

organize legislature to ensure policy is enacted

Front 2

Problems with responsible party model (3)

Back 2

parties dont offer voters clear choices

voters are not motivated by policy considerations

americans have no way of binding candidates to policy positions

Front 3

Challenges to the responsible party model in the US

Back 3

increase use of party primaries to nominate candidates

decline in party affliliation

decline in patronage

rise of single use interest groups (PACs)

Front 4

since the 1960s, there has been a marked ____ in the number of democratic and republican party identifiers

Back 4

decline

Front 5

since the 1960s, there has been a marked ____ in the number of independents

Back 5

increase

Front 6

The ____ party is most identified among americans

Back 6

democratic

Front 7

more people identify D or R than register as D or R

TF

Back 7

True

Front 8

what is divided government?

Back 8

when one party controls one or both houses of legislature and the other party controls governorship

Front 9

unified party government

Back 9

same party controls both the legislature and governorship

Front 10

party competition may not produce policy differences if there is a _____ unimodal distribution of voters preferences and if the state parties are devoid of strong activists

Back 10

unimodal

Front 11

competitive party system may be policy relevant if there is a ____ distribution of voters preferences in a state and if parties have strong organization

Back 11

bimodal

Front 12

State D and R resemble national D and R only in...

Back 12

states where each political party represents seperate economic constituencies

Front 13

Party Competition is Greatest in...

Back 13

heterogeneous population

Front 14

Party Competition is least in

Back 14

homogenous population

Front 15

National Trends that affect state politics (2)

Back 15

coattails effect

scandals

Front 16

Types of Primaries

Back 16

Open

Closed *most common

Blanket

Non-Partisan

Front 17

Open Primary

Back 17

choose any party, but only one

Front 18

Blanket

Back 18

choose any party, and can vote in both

Front 19

Forms of Campaign limiting

Back 19

Limits on:

Contributions

Expenditures

Public Disclosure

State Public Financing

Front 20

Sources of Campaign Funds (6)

Back 20

Candidates themselves

family

labor unions

business groups

wealthy individuals

other candidates

Front 21

who allows tax deduction

Back 21

kentucky

Front 22

discretionary funds

Back 22

funds that are distributed to parties to be used without restriction

Front 23

nondiscretionary funds

Back 23

funds distributed to parties that must be redistributes to candidates based on a set formula

Front 24

Pros of Direct Democracy (4)

Back 24

People can undo legislation

Means of Controlling special interests

Can control legislature

educate voters

Front 25

Cons of Direct Democracy (4)

Back 25

Undermines legislative proces

impairs legislative responsibility

legislation can be passed by a numerical minority

leads to poorly drafted legislation

Front 26

Actual Powers of Legislatures (5)

Back 26

taxing power

criminal codes and penalties

regulate business within state

police powers - provide saftey and welfare for citizens

quasi-Judicial Powers -- impeachment, selection of judges

Front 27

low budget campaigns are the ___ for state legislators

Back 27

low budget campaigns are the norm for state legislators

Front 28

more than 1/2 of candidates run unopposed

tf

Back 28

True

Front 29

Republicans are more likely to face competition

TF

Back 29

False

Front 30

incumbents win ___% of the time

Back 30

90%

Front 31

Colgrove v Green

Back 31

Illinois -- held that the federal judiciary had no power to interfere with issues regarding apportionment of state legislatures.

Front 32

Baker v Carr

Back 32

Tennessee - court ruled that apportionment laws denied voters "equal protection" of 14 amendment laws - Courts DO have power regarding reapportionment

Front 33

Gray v Sanders

Back 33

Georgia - county unit system of election is unconstitutional "each county is a point"

Front 34

Westbury v Sanders

Back 34

"one man one vote" applied to LOWER house of HoR

Front 35

Renynolds v Sims

Back 35

"one man one vote" COINED/CREATED , applies to UPPER house of HoR

Front 36

Pros of Bicameralism (4)

Back 36

Each House serves as a check on another

divide work and save time

provides obstacles to corruption

more representation

Front 37

Pros of Unicameralism - Nebraska

Back 37

Works Faster

cheaper

more visibility

higher percentage of bills introduced enacted

fewer bills introduced

Front 38

Committees are LESS important when... (3)

Back 38

two party states were DICIPLINE IS HIGH

states where governor is STRONG and legislature is same party as governor

Front 39

Committees are MORE important when..(4)

Back 39

one party states where governor does not exert strong leadership

states characterized by divided government

committees are fewer and rational division of labor exists

states with more professional legislators

Front 40

Roles of Legislators

Back 40

Delegate

Trustee

Politico

Front 41

Roles of Legislators - Delegate

Back 41

Guided by wishes of his constituencies

Front 42

Roles of Legislators - Trustee

Back 42

Guided by personal conscience

Front 43

Roles of Legislators - Politico

Back 43

Delegate/Trustee

Front 44

You can do it, Mark

Back 44

Keep Going Mark, you can do it

Front 45

Keep Going Mark, you can do it

Back 45

You can do it, Mark

Front 46

You can do it, Mark

Back 46

Keep Going Mark, you can do it

Front 47

Keep Going Mark, you can do it

Back 47

You can do it, Mark

Front 48

You can do it, Mark

Back 48

Keep Going Mark, you can do it