What is splinter off from a major party, economic protest, single issue and ideological?
100
This law made it much easier for people to register to vote
What is the Motor Vehicle Law?
100
Four groups of people who mostly vote Republican?
What is white males, Protestants, wealthier, Cuban Americans?
100
These are two examples of interest groups that promote the welfare of specific groups of people
What is the NAACP and AARP?
100
Examples for the different types of interest groups (economic, single issue, professional, promote causes)
What is economic (Phillip Morris, AFL), single issue (NRA), professional (ABA, AMA), promote causes (ACLU),
200
Four examples of minor (third) political parties
What is Populist party (economic protest), Progressive Party (splinter), Green (single issue) and Communist/Socialist (ideological)
200
These are three groups of people who cannot vote
What are felons, dishonorably discharged (some states) and mentally ill?
200
This is an example of two interest groups with "rights in conflict"?
What is a business such as Ford Motor Company versus the Environmental Protection Agency?
200
This are two ways families influence voting
What is children mostly vote how their parents vote and husbands and wives usually vote the same way
200
Problems with polling
What is the questions may be loaded, the pollsters may be lied to, they may not be reliable?
300
The order of gaining suffrage
What is getting rid of property and religious requirements, 15th amendment (all males can vote), 19th amendment (women can vote), 24th amendment (no poll tax) and 26th amendment (18 year old vote)?
300
This is the reason the South originally became Democrats and then switched to the Republicn party
What is Abraham Lincoln running on the Republican Party ticket and then the Civil Rights movement of the 50s and 60s was led by Democrats?
300
These are how the different regions of the US vote
What is those from large cities in the Northeast mostly voting as Democrats and those in the South and rural areas mostly voting as Republicans?
300
This is the organization to regulate campaign finance and the reason it is weak
What is Federal election commission - and not receiving enough funding to be effective?
300
Four reasons why interest groups are important
What is they promote interest in public affairs, provide important information, serve as watchdogs and represent the interests of citizens?
400
These are three qualifications to vote
What is citizenship, residency (for at least one month) and 18 years of age
400
This is the major difference between Republicans and Democrats
What is Republicans believing in less govt. involvement and generally more conservative vs. Democrats who believe the govt. should provide social services and are generally more liberal?
400
This is the difference between an open and closed primary
What is any political party can vote to nominate a candidate, and only those registered under a particular political party can vote in the primaries
400
These are four different types of ballots
What is Australian ballot (marked in secret), Office Group (names listed by office), Party Column (names listed under political parties) and Bedsheet (long list of everyone running)?
400
Eight ways public opinion is formed
What is family, schools, occupation, race, mass media, peer groups, opinion leaders and historical events?
500
This is the term used when the poll books are cleared of people who died or moved away
What is purging?
500
Five groups of people who mostly vote as Democrats
What are women, youth, lower income, Mexican Americans, African-Americans?
500
These are four ways a candidate gets nominated
What is self-announcement (oldest form), caucus, primaries, national conventions
500
The most important sourcs of funding that gives candidates so much power
What are PACs? (from interest groups) and especially SUPER PACS?
500
Six reasons why media influence is limited?
What is few people watch the news, only 15% of the 10% who vote know the candidates and issues, people watch programs and read articles that support their opinion, advertisers influence content, newspapers limit stories to what sells and radio gives the news in 60-90 seconds?