Political Ideologies
& Beliefs
& Beliefs
A coherent set of values and beliefs about public policy
What is political ideology?
Article 1 of the Constitution deals with this branch of government
What is the legislative branch?
This institution is the final interpreter of the content and scope of Americans’ civil liberties
What is the Supreme Court?
The branch of government the modern news media pays the most attention to
What is the executive branch?
The largest discretionary spending area for the federal government is on this
What is defense?
The process by which political values are passed to the next generation
What is political socialization?
This person wrote The Declaration of Independence
Who is Thomas Jefferson?
This amendment protects the right to assemble and the right to associate with people who share a common interest
What is the First Amendment?
A party’s statement of its goals and policies for the next four years
What is a party platform?
This amendment addresses the filling of a vacancy for vice president
What is the Twenty-fifth Amendment
The distribution of the population's beliefs about politics and policy issues
What is public opinion?
This is the least number of electors a state can have in the Electoral College
What is three?
This amendment forbids forced self-incrimination
What is the Fifth Amendment?
PAC money overwhelmingly is given to these individuals in campaigns
Who are incumbents?
This type of committee handles bills in a specific policy area and could be broken down into subcommittees
What is a standing committee?
This person began the first scientific public opinion poll in 1932
Who is George Gallup?
The year the United States Constitution was ratified
What is 1778?
This Supreme Court case extended the right to counsel to everyone accused of a felony
What is Gideon v. Wainwright?
These are often used by interest groups to lobby courts
What are amicus curiae briefs?
A Supreme Court justice who only applies the text of the Constitution as it is written would be described as this
What is a strict constructionist?
This describes how close a sample estimate is to the real population value
What is sampling error?
This part of the federal government was the only one directly elected by the people in the original Constitution
What is the House of Representatives?
The Supreme Court uses this to determine the constitutionality of laws that define the separation between church and state
What is the Lemon Test?
Direct group involvement in the electoral process
What is electioneering?
This staff agency provides projections on how much different bills would cost over any number of years
What is the Congressional Budget Office