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Electoral College |
Representatives of each state who cast the final ballots that actually elect the president |
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Electoral College Representatives |
Each state has electoral votes equal to the number of representatives puts the two US Senators |
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How electoral votes does California have? |
55 (53 members in the house of representatives plus two US Senators) |
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23rd Amendment |
Grants the District of Columbia three electoral votes |
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What does the Electoral College Favor? |
Favored states with a small population |
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Total Amount of votes in Electoral College? |
538 (+3 from District of Columbia) |
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What is needed to win from Electoral College? |
Simple Majority of 270 votes |
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Demographics |
The statistical study of human populations and sub-populations analyzing characteristics such as births, deaths, aging, and migration |
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US Population |
320 Million |
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Percent of Ethinicities |
Hispanics 17% African-American 13% Asian 5% |
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Race |
Physical Look |
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Ethinicity |
Culture |
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General Cohort |
The group of individuals who experience the same event within the same time interval |
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Baby Boomer |
Term referring to those born from 1946 - 1964 in the post WW2 baby boom |
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Generation X |
Term referring to those born from 1965-1976 (exact years are sometimes a dispute) |
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Millennials |
Term referring to those born after 1980. The term refers to the year 2000 (the new millennial) Alternative Names -Peter Pan Generation -Boomerang Generation |
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Culture |
The norms, values, and beliefs of a society |
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Norm |
an expectation of how people will behave, and it takes the form of a rule that is socially rather than formally enforced |
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Political Culture |
Attitudes towards the political system and it's various parts and attitudes towards the role of the self in the system |
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Political Socialization |
The process through which an individual acquires their political norms, values, and beliefs |
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Agents of Socialization |
-Family -School -Religion -Peers -Media |
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Two Strong Agents of Socialization |
-Family -School |
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Alienation |
The state of freeing estranged or separated from one's environment, work, products of work, of work, or self |
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Ethos |
The disposition, character or fundamental values peculiar to a specific person, people, culture, or movement |
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Two Basic American Ethea |
-Democracy -Capitalism |
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Suffrage |
The right of voting |
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17th Amendment |
(1913) provided for direct elections of Senators |
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19th Amendment |
(1920) Expanded the right of suffrage to women |
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24th Amendment |
(1964) Made poll taxes unconstitutional |
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26th Amendment |
Expanded the right of suffrage to 18 year olds |
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Redistricting |
The redrawing of legislative districts to reflect changes in population and seat allotments to states |
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Gerrymandering |
The Process of redistricting that favors one political party |
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Baker v. Carr |
(1962) Supreme Court ruling in which the state of Tennessee was forced to adhere to the one-man one-vote principle. State legislatures must be proportionally represented |
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Voter Turnout |
The number of people who vote during an election |
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Type of Elections |
-Presidential Elections -Midterm / Off-year Elections |
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Australian Ballot |
A secret ballot in which voter's choices are confidential in order to discourage voter intimidation or liberty |
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Safe Seat |
A legislative district drawn in such a manner that it effectively ensures the dominance of one political party. a product of Gerrymandering |
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Other forms of Political Participation |
- Contacting Representatives -Petitions -Protects -Civil Disobedience |
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Bi-partisanship |
Term referring to any bill, act, or resolution in which both of major political parties are supporting |
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"Both Sides of the Aisle" |
Term referring to the bi-partisan consensus on a bill or act |
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"Crossing the Aisle" |
Term referring to when a politician of one party votes for legislation supported by the other political party and generally opposed by his own party |
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Divided Government |
Term referring to when the political party of the President is different from the political party that controls one or both houses of Congress |
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Yellow Dog Democrat |
A liberal democrat |
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Blue Dog Democrat |
A moderate democrat |
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RINO |
(Republican in Name Only) A modeyrate republican |
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Tea Party |
Conservative republicans |
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Major Issues |
-Role of Government -Abortion -Capital Punishment -Taxes -Social programs -Business/regulations -State's Rights -Gay Rights |
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What philosophically delineates the two parties the most? |
Democrats believe in a more active role of government |
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What single issue delineates 2 parties the most? |
Abortion |
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What are Democrats more for? |
-Social Programs -More taxes |
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What are republicans more for? |
-less taxes -less social programs |
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What do democrats believe in? |
Believe in Strong Federal Government and weak states |
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What do republicans believe in? |
Week Federal Government and Strong State |
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Ideology |
A manner or the content of thinking characteristic of an individual group or culture |
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Visible Spectrum |
a way to put order into something |
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Totalitarian |
Controls all aspects of Life |
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Communism |
A totalitarian system based on the working class or the proletariat |
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Facism |
A totalitarian system based on nationalism |
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Ideological Spectrum Order
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-Communism -Socialism -Liberalism -Conservatism -reactionism -Facism |
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Three Types of Parties |
-Ideological -Personality -Issue-Oriented |
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Example of Ideological (Party) |
Libertarianism |
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Example of Personality (Party) |
-Ross Perot -Jesse Ventura |
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Example of Issue-Oriented (Party) |
The "Greens" Party |
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Incumbency |
The condition of already holding elected office |
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Types of Campaign |
-Nomination -General Election |
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Primary Calendar (2012) |
The schedule containing different dates of states primaries and caucuses |
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Iowa and New Hampshire |
Important States |
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Presidential Turn Out % |
60 |