Begin Yennifer Castellon Period 2 Government

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C1-$100 Elections - $100 Interest groups give money to candidates primarily for this reason. Your text here They hope to influence legislation.

C1-$200 Elections- $200 Open Primary This is the type of Primary that allows independents to them to vote for candidates from any one party.

C1-$300 Elections- $300 During February and March scheduling of presidential primary elections occur early what is this called? Front Loading

C1-$400 Elections- $400 When a presidential nominee chooses a vice presidential running mate who has different qualities in order to attract more votes for the ticket. Balancing the ticket

C1-$500 Elections- $500 This usually happens only in Iowa during election year. Caucus, a private meeting of party leaders to choose candidates for office.

C2-$100 Court Cases Court Cases - $100 This court case is known as the “One man, One vote” Baker v. Carr (1962)

C2-$200 Court Cases- $200 This case protects campaign spending, legislatures can limit contributions, but not how much one spends of his own money on campaigns. Buckley v. Valeo (1976)

C2-$300 Elections - $300 This case used the 14 th Amendment’s Equal protection clause to stop the Florida recount in the election of Bush v. Gore (2000)

C2-$400 Court Cases- $400 No racial gerrymandering; race cannot be the sole or predominant factor in redrawing legislative boundaries; majority-minority districts. Citizens United v. Shaw

C2-$500 Court Cases- $500 Established national supremacy; established implied powers; use of elastic clause; state unable to tax fed. Institution; John Marshall; “the power to tax involves the power to destroy.” McCulloch v. Maryland (1819)

C3-$100 Political Parties- $100 Republican Party This party is socially conservative And economically neoliberal.

C3-$200 Political Parties- $200 Supporters of this party are more likely to be concerned with civil rights issues, stronger government regulation in business, social support networks for people who need assistance and are more likely to think that government should be involved.. Democrat Party

C3-$300 Political Parties- $300 Political parties serve which of the following functions in the U.S.? A.Informing the public about political parties B.Mobilizing voters and getting them to the polls C.Organizing diverse interest within society D.Establishing the rules governing financial contributions in political candidates A, B, & C

C3-$400 Political Parties- $400 List the five major responsibilities of political parties. 1.Nominate Candidates 2.Informing and activating supporters 3.Governing 4.Acting as watchdog 5.Act as a linkage institution

C3-$500 Political Parties- $500 Which of the following is the most accurate statement about political parties in the United States? A) Parties increasingly identify themselves with coherent ideologies to attract large blocks of voters. B) The percentage of voters identifying themselves as either Democrats or Republicans has been declining since the 1970's. C) National party organizations are generally the strongest party organizations. D) It is increasingly difficult for third parties to gain more than two percent of the popular vote. E) Most candidates prefer to run as independents rather than Democrats or Republicans B. The percentage of voters identifying themselves as either Democrats or Republicans has been declining since the 1970's.

C4-$100 Congressional Committees- $100 Powerful House body that decides the terms under which bills are heard, amended, and debated. Rules Committee

C3-200 Congressional Committees- $200 The committees of congress that are the permanent committees that consider bills and conduct hearings and investigations. Standing Committees

C3-$300 Congressional Committees- $300 Committees made up of members in both houses of Congress to deal with matters of mutual concern. Joint Committees

C3-$400 Congressional Committees- $400 Temporary congressional committees made up of senators and representatives who try to reach an agreement on different versions of a bill. Conference Committees

C3-$500 Congressional Committees- $500 This is the practice of giving leadership of committees to members of Congress with the most years served. Seniority System

C4-$100 Interest Groups- $100 What are 527 organizations? A tax-exempt organization that promotes a political agenda, although it cannot expressly advocate for or against a specific candidate. The term is generally used to refer to political organizations that are not regulated by the Federal Election Commission (FEC), and are not subject to the same contribution limits as PACs. They avoid FEC regulation because these groups are "political organizations" but are not registered as "political committees" subject to campaign finance law contribution limits.

C4-$200 Interest Groups- $200 A committee that helps raise campaign funds. Certain restrictions apply to these: they must raise money from at least 50 contributors; they must donate to at least five different candidates; they may not donate more than $5,000 per year to any single candidate nor more than $15,000 to a national party per year. Corporate, union, and trade types of this group must raise money from employees and members and may not simply draw it from their treasuries. What are Political Action Committees?

C4-$300 - $300 In the process of attempting to influence politics and policy, interest groups. (name 5 things) -organize individuals with similar interests -inform the public and elected officials -organize electoral competition -organize government -link the state and local political system to the national political system

C4-$400 Interest Groups- $400 The Federal Election Campaign Act of 1974 did what? An act that allows corporations, unions, and trade associations to form political action committees (PACs) as a means of raising campaign funds

C4-$500 Interest Groups- $500 What is a free rider? Why do free riders create problems? Free riders are people who benefit from the work of an interest group without actually contributing to the group’s efforts. Many people do not feel the need to help interest groups—particularly noneconomic interest groups—when they know that they will benefit from the group’s activities regardless of their input.

C4-$100 Vocabulary- $100 What is a sound bite? A short, pithy comment that is likely to attract media Attention, Ex. Ronald Reagan saying, “ A recession is when your neighbor losses his job, a depression is when You lose your job, and recovery ix when Jimmy Carter Loses his job.

C4-$200 Vocabulary- $200 What is selective exposure? The practice of selectively choosing media sources which are in harmony with one’s own beliefs.

C4-$300 Vocabulary- $300 What is feeding frenzy? It’s the media “attack” when they sense wrong Doing or scandal in government, and devote Great amounts of coverage to such stories.

C4-$400 Vocabulary- $400 What is the iron triangle? An informal association of federal agency, congressional committee, and interest group that is said to have heavy influence over policy making.

C4-$500 Vocabulary- $500 What is devolution? Transfer of power from a central government to state or local governments emphasizes less interferences from central government.