Unit 7 AP Government

Question 0

How do political parties serve as linkage institutions

Answer 0

Translate inputs from the public into outputs from the policymakers

Question 1

Components of political parties

Answer 1

Electorate- voters who identify with one party
Organization- people who run the party
Government- politicians who hold office

Question 2

How do most Americans identify themselves ideologically

Answer 2

Ticket splitting based on candidates

Question 3

Ticket splitting

Answer 3

Voting with one party for one office and other for other offices

Question 4

Hierarchy of political parties

Answer 4

Bottom: part members
Middle: local party heads
Top: national party leaders

Question 5

Open and closed primaries

Answer 5

Open- you declare your party alligence when you arrive at the polling place
Closed- when you register to vote

Question 6

Party realignments and critical elections

Answer 6

One party’s majority dominated is replaced with another’s

Question 7

McGovern Fraser Commission

Answer 7

Affirmative action
Begins primaries
Doesn’t create super delegates

Question 8

Superdelegates

Answer 8

Delegates appointed automatically based on their status as current or former party leaders or elected officials

Question 9

Frontloading

Answer 9

States moving their primary or caucus dates forward to try to increase their influence in the nominating process

Question 10

Primary system disadvantages

Answer 10

Voters lose interest

Participation around %17

Question 11

Caucus system disadvantages

Answer 11

Extreme views

Not everyone is represented

Question 12

Party Platforms

Answer 12

What they stand for

Question 13

Five things the FECA did

Answer 13

FEC- monitor and regulate money in elections
Public financing of presidential elections
No corporations or labor unions allowed to contribute
Individuals can only give $1,000
Full disclosure of who contributes
Limits how much $ can spend on their own campaign

Question 14

Hard money

Answer 14

Money given directly to candidates

Question 15

Buckley v Valeo

Answer 15

Declared the ban on how much money and individual can give to their own campaign unconstitutional under the first amendment

Question 16

McCain Finegold Act (BCRA)

Answer 16

Banned soft money
Raised individual contributions from $1,000 to $2,000
Prevented corporations and labor unions from using their treasury within 60 days of the election

Question 17

Soft money

Answer 17

The money given to political parties for party building activities

Question 18

McConnell v FEC

Answer 18

Backed up ban on soft money

Question 19

Citizens Untied v FEC

Answer 19

1st amendment corporate funding of independent political broadcasts in candidate elections cannot be limited
Allowed SuperPacs to be created

Question 20

SuperPacs

Answer 20

Have virtually no limitations except they cannot coordinate with candidates

Question 21

Difference between referendums and initiatives

Answer 21

Referendum- a state level method of direct legislation that gives voters a chance to approve legislation
Initiatives- voters may put proposed changes in the state law to a vote

Question 22

Suffrage

Answer 22

The right to vote

Question 23

Civic duty

Answer 23

The belief that in order to support democratic government a citizen should vote

Question 24

What has happened to voter turnout as we have extended the right to vote to more people?

Answer 24

It's gone up

Question 25

Political efficacy

Answer 25

The belief that one's political participation really matters that one's vote can actually make a difference

Question 26

Voter registration

Answer 26

Requires voters to register prior to voting

Question 27

Motor Voter Act of 1993

Answer 27

Act that requires states to permit people to register to vote when they apply for their drivers license

Question 28

Electoral College

Answer 28

A unique american institution created by the constitution providing for the selection of the president by electors

Question 29

Pluralist theory

Answer 29

Many groups, each pressing for its preferred policies, compete and counterbalance on another in the political marketplace

Question 30

Elitist theory

Answer 30

Argues that few groups have most of the power and that an upper-class elite will hold most of the power and thus in effect run the government

Question 31

Hyperpluralist

Answer 31

Groups are so strong that government, seeking to please them all, is thereby weakened

Question 32

Lobbying

Answer 32

The process of influencing public and government policy at all levels: federal, state, and local

Question 33

Olson's Law of Large Groups

Answer 33

The larger the group the further it will fall short of optimal amount of collective good

Question 34

Lobbying Disclosure Act of 1995

Answer 34

Lobbyists are required to register with the Clerk of the House of Reps. and the Secretary of State

Question 35

Where does most PAC money go

Answer 35

Congressional incumbents

Question 36

Amicus Curiae Brief

Answer 36

Friend of the court, a party or an organization interested in an issue which files a brief or participates in the argument in a case in which that party or organization is not one of the litigants

Question 37

Class action lawsuit

Answer 37

When a group sues another party

Question 38

Union shop

Answer 38

Reunites all employees of a business to join the union within a short period to remain members as a condition of employment

Question 39

Types of interest groups

Answer 39

``` Economic Public Government Religious Civil Rights Ideological Single Interest ```

Question 40

Revolving door

Answer 40

Government officials becoming lobbyists in the field they use to work in