The voters perception of the republicans or democrats stand for
What is Party Image?
100
a belief in the obligation to vote
What is Civic Duty?
100
Jefferson's declaration borrowed liberally from this english philosopher
Who is John Locke?
100
A term meaning powers not specificly listed in the constitution, but needed to carry out the duties of government
What is Implied powers?
100
The first major wave of american immigration primarily involved people from this part of the world
What is the United Kingdom?
200
A type of political organization that relies heavily on material inducements such as patronage
What is a party machine?
200
the belief that the election winner has a charge from the voters to implement policy promises
What is the Mandate Theory?
200
The use of the phrase "Ambition must be made to counteract ambition" describes this principal of constitutional government
What are checks and balances?
200
Advocates of state rights often refer to this section of the constitution, claiming that it means only those powers specifically assigned by the Constitution are useable by the national government.
What is the Tenth Amendment?
200
This will theoretically occur in 2050, when caucasians no longer make up over 50% of the population
What is Minority Majority?
300
This party role is to act as a channel through which people’s concerns become political issues on government policy agenda.
What is acting as a linkage institution?
300
this legislation requires states to let people register to vote at the same time they apply for a driver's license.
What is the Motor Voter Act?
300
Of the Three Branches of government, this is the one the articles of confederation possessed
What is Legislative?
300
Grants to support broad programs in areas such as community development and social services.
What are block grants?
300
the study of statistics such as births, deaths, income, race, ethnicity and gender which illustrate the changing structure of human populations
What is demography?
400
The New Deal coalition was made up of Ethnic groups, Catholics, The South, Urban voters, poor americans, Jews and THIS group
What are labor union members?
400
voting theory that suggests that individuals who feel that they are better off as a result of certain policies are likely to support candidates who pledge to continue those policies, and those who feel worse off are inclined to support opposition candidates.
What is retrospective voting?
400
This plan was used to form the basis of the united states congress
What is The Connecticut Compromise?
400
A clause in Article IV, Section 2, of the constitution according citizens of each state most of the rights and advantages of citizens of other states
What is the privileges and immunities clause?
400
This feature is most likely to impact if a person votes
What is Education?
500
This idea in the Downs Model predicts that voters want to maximize the chance that policies may favor be adopted by government
What is rational choice theory?
500
These two states do not use the winner take all system for allotting electoral votes
What is Nebraska and Maine?
500
Despite the absence of a Bill of Rights, Madison's constitution allowed for guaranteed the right of habeas corpus, no ex post facto laws, trial by jury and none of these
What are Bills of Attainder?
500
Article IV, section 1 of the constitution forces the states to give this to the public acts, records, and civil judicial proceedings of every other states.
What is full faith and credit?
500
Education, Family and the Mass Media are all factors in determining this