Unit 4

Question 1

Political Socialization

Answer 1

• Families are most important for original sources
• Peers
• Socioeconomic status
• Age
• Geographic location
  = Media/Social Media

Question 2

Political Ideology

Answer 2

One’s beliefs about power, political values, and role of gov.

• Comes from our political socialization and policital culture
  
  • Socialism
  • Liberalism
  • Conservatism
  • Liberationism

Question 3

Democrat

Answer 3

• Support an active fed. Gov. that promotes individual welfare and supports civil rights
• Accepts political and social change within the existing political system

Question 4

Republican

Answer 4

• Supports a limited fed. Gov. in helping individuals economically.
• Supports traditional values and lifestyles and favors a more active gov.
• In promoting national security.
• Approaches change cautiously

Question 5

Socialism

Answer 5

favors expanded role of the central government

Question 6

Libertarianism

Answer 6

individual liberty&raquo_space;»; sharply limited state/fed. Gov.

Question 7

Two-Party System

Answer 7

• Single-member districts w/ 1st past the post system
• Partisan system

Question 8

Benchmark Polls

Answer 8

baseline; LARGE poll

Question 9

Tracking Polls

Answer 9

tracks how views change over the course of the campaign; small poll
Voter Turnout

Question 10

Exit Polls

Answer 10

• done on the day of elections; collects data on who people voted for
• most paid attention to; good indication on election day

Question 11

Retrospective Voting

Answer 11

looking at past actions of the party/person

Question 12

Prospective Voting

Answer 12

looking at what the party is going to do in the future

Question 13

Rational Voting

Answer 13

voting what benefits them the most

Question 14

Party-Line Voting

Answer 14

voting all of one party

Question 15

Split Ticket Voting

Answer 15

voting differently per person on ballot (dem/rep)

Question 16

Presidential Campaign

Answer 16

• Candidates announce that they’re running for office
• Candidates campaign to win delegates
  
  • Delegate: person sent to act on behalf of others
• Caucus and Primaries
  
  • Caucus: Party leaders and supporters gather to discuss and choose candidates publicly
  • Iowa 1st in Caucus
  • New Hampshire 1st in Primaries
• National Conventions: when parties meet to select nominees for POTUS; party platform is announced
• Debates
• General Election
  
  • Early voting; Absentee Ballot; Voter Restriction

Question 17

Caucus

Answer 17

Party leaders and supporters gather to discuss and choose candidates publically

Question 18

National Convention

Answer 18

when parties meet to select nominees for POTUS; party platform is announced

Question 19

Congressional Elections

Answer 19

• Midterm elections
• Civic participation in a representative democracy
• HoR: every 2 years
• Senate: 1/3 up for reelection every 2 years

Question 20

Modern Campaigns

Answer 20

• increasingly candidate-centered
• hiring of professional political consultants to do much of the work that once was reserved for party leaders

Question 21

Media/Media Coverage Campaigning

Answer 21

• Political Cartoons
• Ads
• Virality on Social Media

Question 22

Hard Money

Answer 22

$ given directly to a specific candidate

Question 23

Soft Money

Answer 23

Indirect $ Contributions to parties/PACs

Question 24

Political Action Comittees (PACs)

Answer 24

• Created by corporations, unions, and interest groups
• Raise and spend money to support candidates through ads, media, etc.
• HIGHLY REGULATED

Question 25

Super PACs

Answer 25

- CORPORATIONS - Unlimited funds/donation arrangements - Cannot give it directly to campaigns