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28 Cards in this Set
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James Madison sought to preserve democracy by creating political institutions that would |
Be filled with ambitious politicians fighting for power with other ambitious politicians |
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What evidence showed the "life of Julia" succeeded as a marketing tool? |
Thousands of Likes on Facebook |
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WSJ writer James Taranto's summary of the attacks of "life of Julia" singles out which feature as especially suspicious? |
Nothing to say about Obamas policies would affect her from ages 42-65 |
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Which nickname was given to the democratic candidate for senate in Colorado |
Mark Uterus, B/c he emphasized gender issues so much |
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The statistical methods developed by Nate Silver for projecting election outcomes were developed in large part to help predict what other feild as well |
Baseball Performance |
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An important activity of any campaign is_____, which most directly involves _______. |
Mobilizing supporters, the ground game |
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The congressional elections that occur in between the 4-year presidential election cycles are called... |
Midterm Elections |
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What is the nations first and more important cacus? |
Iowa |
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Obama said, "one of the things I learned as president is you represent the entire country. If you want to be president, you have to work for everyone", he said that in response to what? |
Mitt Romneys 47% remarks |
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Whose 2012 national party convention speech was most popular and received the most praise.? |
Bill Clinton |
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Pollsters had a particular difficultly projecting results in the 2010 elections for which reason? |
Results depended heavily upon how they computed which respondents were "likely voters" and which were not. |
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To win the presidency, a candidate needs to win ___ electoral votes |
270 |
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The collection of 21 presidential primaries and caucuses held on the first tuesday of feb 2008 called____ |
Super Tuesday |
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In midterm congressional elections, which are low-stimulus elections, turnout is usually less than ___ |
40% |
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Which event caused the percieved odds of a 2012 obama victory to plummet |
The 1st presidential debate focusing on Domestic Policy |
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During the 2012 presidential election, what stands out about the polls taken durring the spring and summer before the election? |
THe were pretty stable with no change in any particular direction, during that period |
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Nate Silver, the election forecaster made famous by his predictive success in the 2012 presidential election, runs which forecasting site? |
FiveThirtyEight |
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In 2008 Both McCain and obama campaigned hard in PA, FL, OH, NC, and VA becasue these were________states that each thought they had a chance to win |
Battleground |
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THe formal selection of the president of the US is in the hands of the___ |
Electors in the Electoral College |
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A survey by Third Way probed the 2010 Election to understand why the democrats lost significant support in 2010 compared to 2008. what conclusion did they reach? |
Centrists and Independents turned away; they were more likely to back Republicans or sit out the contest. |
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According the Prof Voss' Podcast, how do journalists and political scientists differ in the way they discuss elections and election outcomes |
The Journalists stress short-term developments while the political Scientists talk about long term change |
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What caused the 2010 enthusiasm gap between republicans and democrats, according to columnist Gerry Seib? |
Democrats exhibited normal enthusiasm about voting while republicans were especially enthusiastic |
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Which sort of election forecasting model came out early on with a highly-probability (and ultimately correct) prediction that the republicans would take control of the U.S. Senate in 2014? |
Predictions based almost entirely on "the fundamentals" |
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Who currently elects the members of the electoral college |
The people of each state |
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In the "life of Julia" what Career does julia pursue |
Web Designer |
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Women are more likely to identify themselves as ______ than men |
Democrats |
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In "life of Julia" which especially negative impact did the info graphic specifically indicate Romney policies would have? |
A julia in her 60's would suffer 40% cuts to her social security and replacement of medicare with small vouchers |
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The Electoral College is seen to favor the democrats rather than the republicans now, as opposed to 30 years ago. which of the following changes actually helped the Republicans? |
The shift in districts following the census added representatives to states Romney won |
