Unit 5 5.1-5.5 5.8-5.10

Question 1

Electorate

Answer 1

The body of people that are entitled to vote

Question 2

Franchise

Answer 2

A Constitutional right or privilege in the case to vote

Question 3

Suffrage

Answer 3

The right to vote

Question 4

15th Amendment

Answer 4

Gave African Americans the right to vote

Question 5

19th Amendment

Answer 5

Women’s suffrage

Question 6

23rd Amendment

Answer 6

3 Electors for DC

Question 7

24th Amendment

Answer 7

Outlawed poll taxes in FEDERAL elections

Question 8

26th Amendment

Answer 8

Set voting age at 18

Question 9

1957 Civil Rights Act

Answer 9

Addressed discrimination in voter registration

Question 10

1964 Civil Rights Act

Answer 10

Equal Application of voter registration

Question 11

1965 Voting Rights Act

Answer 11

Outlawed Literacy test and created a pre clearance

Question 12

Rational choice

Answer 12

Based on your own self interest

Question 13

Retrospective

Answer 13

Based off past experience

Question 14

Party Line

Answer 14

Strict on the past ideology

Question 15

Candidate Centered

Answer 15

Based on the candidate of course

Question 16

Requirements to legally vote

Answer 16

1. Has to be a citizen
2. 18 years or older
3. Has to register

Question 17

Proper portion for voting place

Answer 17

Largest- precinct
Medium- Ward
Smallest- polling place in

Question 18

NVRA

Answer 18

Motor Voter Law

Question 19

Absentee

Answer 19

A mail in completed ballot (restrictions)

Question 20

Voter apathy

Answer 20

Lack of concern for elections

Question 21

Political efficacy

Answer 21

Believes their vote counts (so when someone has no political efficacy they believe their vote doesn’t matter)

Question 22

Political parties

Answer 22

Organized groups of people with similar political ideologies at different levels of government

Question 23

DNC

Answer 23

Democratic national committee

Question 24

RNC

Answer 24

Republican national committee

Question 25

What is a candidate centered campaign? Why have candidate centered campaigns increased over time?

Answer 25

They are campaigns that focuses on the individual as they can speak directly to the people. Due to social media, today it has increased the power of candidate centered campaign/people can see the person.

Question 26

Why do political parties try to appeal to coalitions?

Answer 26

Because they are voting blocs and can sway elections as a whole

Question 27

Divided Government

Answer 27

Opposing political party holds majority in House, Senate, White House, or two of them

Question 28

Party realignment

Answer 28

Party changes as loses mount due to social ideology in many cases( loses, voting blocs) shift in dominance. Happens in CRITICAL ELECTIONS

Question 29

Critical elections

Answer 29

The elections that reveal sharp changes to party politics (loyalties) (party realignment)

Question 30

Party dealignment

Answer 30

People leave the party and go to another

Question 31

Third parties

Answer 31

Minor parties that have existed and played a role in politics and the election process

Question 32

Ideological 3rd party

Answer 32

Based on social, economic, or political beliefs Ex:Socialists, Libertarians

Question 33

Splinter

Answer 33

Action spikes from major nation party Ex: Bull Moose Party, States’ Rights Party

Question 34

Economic Protests

Answer 34

Formed on basis of poor economic/socioeconomic conditions Ex: Populists, Greenback

Question 35

Single Issue

Answer 35

Based on individual policy matter Ex: prohibition, Green Party

Question 36

Single Member Districts (barrier to third parties)

Answer 36

Winner of the most votes (plurality) wins the elections

Question 37

Money (ballot access)

Answer 37

Don’t have the money to get on all ballots

Question 38

Incorporation of ideas

Answer 38

Grouping of voting blocs

Question 39

Winner- Take- All

Answer 39

Can’t win enough to get electoral votes with winner take all

Question 40

What are the 3 parts of a campaign?

Answer 40

Biography, the issues, and then the attack (mudslinging)

Question 41

What is the FEC and its purpose?

Answer 41

The FEV is the agency charged with administering and enforcing the federal campaign finance law. Has jurisdiction over the financing campaigns of the US house, senate, president and vice president

Question 42

FECA (1971)

Answer 42

Limited an individual’s contributions to $1,000 per election Limited a candidate’s own contributions to $50,000 per election Defined/regulated donations of PAC’s Created a public fund

Question 43

Electioneering

Answer 43

To take an active part in an election campaign

Question 44

Buckley v. Valeo

Answer 44

Ruled over FECA kept donation limit, but allowed candidates to spend however much they want

Question 45

Hard money

Answer 45

Donation given directly to candidate

Question 46

Soft money

Answer 46

Donation to a party or interest group

Question 47

Dark money

Answer 47

Donation with a lack of transparency of where it came from

Question 48

BCRA

Answer 48

Bipartisan Campaign Reform Act/ McCain- Feingold Act Used to limit hard money and banned soft money

Question 49

Citizens United v. FEC

Answer 49

Allowed corporations to donated to candidates/ could use their money for candidate if not formally with the candidate (considered corporations people)

Question 50

McCutcheon v. FEC

Answer 50

Allowed people to donate to any number of different people but limited the dollar amount to each candidate

Question 51

Process of election

Answer 51

1. Primaries/caucuses 2.convention (platform +candidate chose) 3.candidates campaign 4. Election (first Tuesday after first Monday in November) 5. Electoral college votes 6.counted votes Jan 6 7. Jan 3rd new congress 8. Jan 20 inauguration