Nominations
The authors of this book argue that US parties exert strong influence over presidential nominations
The pivotal "tipping-point" state in the Electoral College for both the 2016 and 2020 presidential elections
Wisconsin
This president is the subject of Sides, Tesler, and Vareck's article "Hunting Where the Ducks Are"
The last war declared by Congress
World War II
Big Bird featured prominently in an attack ad against this candidate
Mitt Romney
In this type of primary, anyone can vote regardless of their party registration
Open primary
The most common electoral system used for electing a president worldwide, as in France and Chile
Two-round system
In response to Worcester v. Georgia, this president said "John Marshall has made his decision; now let him enforce it!"
Andrew Jackson
The Supreme Court's decision to uphold FDA regulations on abortion drug mifepristone is an example of this principle
Judicial deference
The Electoral College is better than the Senate, but worse than the House, based on this metric of representation
Malapportionment
These three states will go first in the 2024 Democratic nomination, if the DNC gets its way
South Carolina, New Hampshire, and Nevada
This election was the last time a Republican presidential candidate won California
George H.W. Bush, 1988
The War Powers Act, which sought to limit executive power in foreign policy, was passed despite this president's veto
Richard Nixon
When Congress seeks to directly overturn a current president's executive order, this member of Congress is usally pivotal
The veto pivot
In the pivotal politics model, this is the zone where proposals to defeat the status quo policy will succeed
The win set
Winning primary candidates usually dominate on Super Tuesday. This candidate is the only exception from 1992-2020
Barack Obama (2008)
The only state won by third party Progressive candidate Robert La Follette in 1924
Wisconsin
This president was the last incumbent to lose reelection as a "clarifying" candidate
Gerald Ford (1976)
This important type of checks and balances stems from Article I of the Constituon: "No Money shall be drawn from the Treasury, but in Consequence of Appropriations made by Law"
The power of the purse
This group of anti-communist rebels featured prominently in a famous scandal about unilateral presidential power
The Contras
This commission is credited with beginning the modern primary election system
The McGovern-Fraser Commission
This state received the most total campaign spending in both 2016 and 2020.
Florida
This incumbent Democratic president lost in an Electoral College inversion, but successfully ran for president again 4 years later
Grover Cleveland
This policy blocking US federal funding for NGOs that support abortion was created by Reagan, revoked by Clinton, reinstuted by Bush, revoked by Obama, re-instituted by Trump, and revoked by Biden
The Mexico City policy or the "global gag rule"
Pfiffner identifies George W. Bush's decision to effectively make this person the "viceroy" of Iraq as emblematic of dysfunctional decision making in the Bush White House.
Paul Bremer