Am I Invited?
"I am your king!" "Well I didn't vote for you!"
State vs. Fed
The Only Certainties in Life
Pick Your Poison
100
The ideology of the Republican Party
What is conservative?
100
States that go back and forth between being Democrat and Republican in elections
What are "swing states"?
100
Another name for the national government
What is the federal government?
100
This is the major source of revenue at the federal level.
What are income taxes?
100
The job of an advocate for the NRA
What is a lobbyist?
200
The ideology of the Democratic Party
What is liberal?
200
Campaign advertising strategy of targeting the opposing candidate and making them look bad
What are attack ads?
200
The constitutional principle of shared powers between state, local, and federal levels
What is federalism?
200
Income taxes are this type of tax
What is a progressive tax?
200
Save Big Cats is an example of this
What is a special interest group?
300
Ideology of libertarians
Economically conservative, socially liberal
300
The "formula" for determining how many votes each state gets in the electoral college
House plus Senate
300
The name for powers unique to state governments.
What are reserved powers?
300
An example of a regressive tax
What is sales tax?
300
Advocates for a cause trying to gain public support
What is grassroots lobbying?
400
A "party" that isn't actually a "party"
The Tea Party
400
The part of the election where the Democratic nominee and Republican nominee go against one another
What is the general election?
400
Regulating immigration law is an example of this type of power.
What is a delegated power?
400
The total federal debt in 2014.
What is 17 trillion?
400
When a representative leaves office to become a lobbyist
What is the revolving door?
500
Republican Speaker of the House
Who is John Boehner?
500
A type of primary where votes are public
What is a caucus?
500
Regulating elections is an example of this type of power.
What is a reserved power?
500
A tax on alcohol is an example of this type of tax
What is an excise/sin tax?
500
Stephen Colbert started one of these
What is a Super PAC?
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