Da Constitution
A basic democratic principle in which government power comes from the consent of the governed.
What is popular sovereignty?
A consistent set of beliefs about the role of government in society and the economy.
What is a political ideology?
An election in which voters choose a party’s nominee to run in the general election.
What is a primary election?
Government policy related to taxing and spending that is used to influence the overall economy.
What is fiscal policy?
Organizations—such as political parties, interest groups, the media, and elections—that connect citizens to the government and political process.
What are linkage institutions?
A form of democracy in which citizens elect representatives to make policy decisions on their behalf.
What is republicanism or representative democracy?
The ideology that generally supports more government regulation of the economy and more protection of civil liberties and rights.
What is liberalism (or a liberal ideology)?
A method of delegate selection, used in states like Iowa, where party members meet in person, discuss candidates, and then vote.
What is a caucus?
Government policy that involves controlling the money supply and interest rates, often carried out by the Federal Reserve.
What is monetary policy?
The strategy used by interest groups to influence public policy by making direct contact with legislators and government officials.
What is lobbying?
The compromise at the Constitutional Convention that created a bicameral legislature with one chamber based on population and one with equal representation for the states.
What is the Great (Connecticut) Compromise?
The ideology that favors minimal government involvement in both economic policy and social behavior, emphasizing maximum individual freedom.
What is libertarianism (or a libertarian ideology)?
The Electoral College system used in most states where the candidate who wins the state’s popular vote receives all of that state’s electoral votes.
What is a winner-take-all system?
The economic theory that argues government should increase spending and/or cut taxes during recessions to boost overall demand.
What is Keynesian economics?
The Federalist Paper that argues that separation of powers and checks and balances are essential to control abuses of power in government.
What is Federalist No. 51?
The clause in Article I, Section 8 that Congress uses to justify implied powers beyond those specifically listed in the Constitution.
What is the Necessary and Proper Clause?
One of the core functions of political parties in which they identify, groom, and support individuals to run for public office.
What is candidate recruitment?
A voting behavior model in which citizens make decisions based on the recent performance of the incumbents in office.
What is retrospective voting?
The economic approach often associated with conservatives that emphasizes lower taxes, decreased regulation, and incentives for producers to spur economic growth.
What is supply-side economics?
A type of poll taken early in a campaign to measure name recognition and initial support for a candidate and to help shape campaign strategy.
What is a benchmark poll?
The constitutional amendment that prohibits denying the right to vote on the basis of race, color, or previous condition of servitude.
What is the Fifteenth Amendment?
The long-term shift in party coalitions and voter loyalty that often follows a critical election, such as 1932 or 1968.
What is party realignment?
The method used to determine each state’s number of electoral votes in presidential elections.
What is adding the number of a state’s House members to its two Senators?
The category of federal spending required by law for programs like Social Security and Medicare that takes up the largest share of the federal budget.
What is mandatory spending (or entitlement spending)?
The Supreme Court case that upheld the supremacy of the national government by ruling that states could not tax a federal bank and that Congress had implied powers.
What is McCulloch v. Maryland?