Political Ideology
This is the system of ideas and ideals that forms the basis of someone's political or economic beliefs.
What is political ideology?
What is political socialization?
This is the process through which people develop their political beliefs and attitudes.
What is suffrage?
This term means the right to vote
What is a primary election?
This type of election narrows down candidates so each party can select a candidate to move forward.
This process uses Census population information to ensure congressional representation reflects population changes.
What is reapportionment?
On the political ideology spectrum discussed in class, this group is associated with the color blue and the donkey mascot.
What are Democrats/Liberals?
Name TWO of the four major factors from class that influence political socialization.
family, school, media, and opinion leaders
A person must be this age to vote.
18!
What is a caucus?
This type of primary operates more like a community meeting where participants gather and show support for candidates.
This is the process of redrawing district boundaries to account for population changes.
What is redistricting?
This side of the political spectrum generally emphasizes freedom/liberty, smaller government, and less government interference.
What are conservatives/Republicans?
Match the amendment to the voting change: The 19th Amendment.
A. Voting age lowered to 18
B. Women's suffrage
C. Poll taxes prohibited in federal elections
D. Electoral votes for Washington, D.C.
What is B — women's suffrage?
Put these four steps in the correct order: General Election, Electoral College, Nominating Process, National Convention.
This occurs when district boundaries are intentionally drawn to give an advantage or disadvantage to a particular group.
What is gerrymandering?
A person believes the federal government should play a larger role in regulating businesses and creating programs to promote greater equality. Based on the class notes, this person's views would generally fall closer to this side of the political spectrum.
What is the liberal/Democratic side?
According to the voter patterns discussed in class, identify TWO characteristics associated with being more likely to vote.
This amendment lowered the voting age to 18.
What is the 26th Amendment?
There are 538 total electors. A presidential candidate needs this many electoral votes to win.
What is 270?
In this gerrymandering strategy, the electoral strength of a particular group is divided among several districts so that the group has less influence in each one.
What is cracking?
A person believes government should be limited, states should have more control, and individuals should have more freedom from government interference. Explain which side of the political spectrum these beliefs align with AND identify one idea from class that supports your answer.
What is the conservative/Republican side?
Voter A is 55, lives in a rural area, has a college degree, and has strong political party ties. Voter B is 22, has less education, lives in a rural area, and has little connection to politics. Based on the patterns discussed in class, which voter would be more likely to vote? Explain TWO factors that support your answer.
Voter A, based on factors such as age, education, and strong party ties.
Name TWO amendments or laws from class that expanded or protected voting rights AND explain what each one did.
On Election Day, voters are technically choosing this group rather than directly selecting the president. A state receives a number of these equal to its representation in Congress.
What are electors?
In Federalist No. 10, James Madison was concerned about factions. Explain why Madison believed a large republic with elected representatives could help prevent one faction from becoming too powerful.
What is having many different factions/groups and elected representatives can make it more difficult for one faction to dominate and violate the rights of others?