Monster Vocab Flashcards
(35 cards)
Making judicial decisions by considering what the founding fathers meant in the constitution
Original intent
When members of Congress trade votes for favors in order to get their bills passed
Log rolling
Influencing the economy through federal interest rates reserve rates and the amount of money in circulation
monetary policy
The right to vote
Suffrage
Use of spending by the national government through the grant process to influence state policies
Fiscal federalism
A document issued by the Supreme Court if it has agreed to hear a case
Writ of certiorari
A vote by 60 senators to end a filibuster
Motion for cloture
An organization, which need not disclose its members, that spend a vast and unlimited amount of money on a political campaign
Super PAC
Powers that are given to an institution of government directly in the constitution
expressed powers
One political parties move for their away from each other ideologically and also move away from the center
Party polarization
A process by which the national government gives more power and authority to the states
Devolution
The shared political values of a society
Political culture
An election to determine a party’s candidate for office in which the parties members and unaffiliated voters may vote
Open primarily
An organization that is registered with the Federal election commission and donates money to a candidate or a campaign
PAC
During his station that and the kids for policies through lobbying electioneering grassroots mobilization and protesting
Interest group
A lawsuit
Litigation
expert insurers that the federal government cannot realistically reduce because they are required by law
Uncontrollable spending
The tendency of men to support candidate from the Republican Party at greater rates than women
Gender gap
The electoral system used to select members of the House of Representatives
Single-member district
Changing congressional district boundaries based on a new census
Redistricting
Money spent on ads that are not sponsored by candidate or party
Independent expenditures
Problems that have the attention of the government and the public
Policy agenda
A system where the federal government and the states work together and funding and administering programs
Cooperative federalism
An election where new collisions of voters have formed beginning a new party era
critical elections
