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The lessening of citizens’ attachment to parties is called
What is dealignment.
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A realignment is
What is a process in which one party loses many supporters to the other party
100
The social media that has made it easy for individuals to interact with like-minded others is:
What is FACEBOOK
100
Successful lobbying is based on:
What is friendship
100
The _____ guarantees women the right to vote.
What is 19th Amendment
200
In 2004 and 2008, voter turnout in presidential elections
What is increased sharply.
200
The number of electors each state has equals the number of
What is people it elects to Congress.
200
White primaries
What is barred blacks from voting in primary elections.
200
Organizations that try to achieve at least some of their goals with government assistance are called
What is interest groups
200
Which interest group lobbies against gun control?
What is NRA
300
The right to vote is termed
What is suffrage.
300
The constitutional amendment that facilitates group formation the most is the:
What is First
300
In the 2008 election, _________ was a leader in using the Internet to attract supporters and keep them engaged.
What is Barack Obama
300
When a district's boundaries are redrawn to maximize the political advantage of a party or racial group, this is called
What is gerrymandering
300
Voting for a member of one party for one office but a member of another for a different one is called
What is ticket splitting.
400
Proportional representation means that
What is each party receives the number of seats in the district equal to its percentage of votes in the district.
400
"Cracking" tries to diminish black voting strength by
What is dividing areas with heavily concentrated areas of blacks into multiple districts.
400
Congress is made up of _______ voting members
What is 535
400
Interfering with an individual's right to vote became illegal with the passage of the
What is Voting Rights Act.
400
Powers of Congress that are explicitly stated in the Constitution are called
What is enumerated powers.
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During the 2008 primary elections, both Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama raised most of their money from
What is smaller donors
500
There are _____ seats in the House of Representatives
What is 435
500
The pay-as-you-go rule that Congress consistently violates was designed to
What is require all new spending be offset by revenue sources.
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The Electoral College
What is means that the U.S. does not directly elect its president.
500
The Ethics in Government Act of 1978
What is bars former public servants from lobbying their former agencies for a year.
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