Political Parties
America has this kind of party system.
What is a two-party system?
These are the mutant forms of PACs that developed in recent years, which can collect unlimited amounts of money.
What are Super PACs?
Although it sounds painful, the right to vote is technically known as this.
What is suffrage?
This is the name for putting as many members of one party into an election district as possible (part of gerrymandering).
What is packing?
This is another word for voting or the right to vote - LeBron James would be proud.
What is the franchise?
Countries such as Spain and Germany have this type of party system.
What is the multi-party system?
These are organizations of people with common interests that try to influence public policy.
What are interest groups?
This term refers to all the eligible voters in a population.
What is the electorate?
This is a political organization established by a corporation, labor union, or special interest group designed to help candidates by contributing money.
What is a PAC?
This type of polling sample takes a certain percentage of its sample from specific characteristics of the whole population. (For example, if 10% of Durham is Latino, a poll about Durham would have 10% of respondents who are Latino.)
What is a quota sample?
What are it's what we've always had, laws that protect that system, Americans have reached consensus, and we have SINGLE-MEMBER DISTRICTS.
________________ is money given directly to candidates; _____________ is money donated to parties for political activities.
What is hard money and soft money?
This amendment made it possible for African-Americans males to vote.
What is the 15th?
This is where voters in a certain precinct will go to vote.
What is a polling place?
This is when politicians from a certain party draw election districts to give their party an advantage.
What is gerrymandering?
Examples of this kind of party are the Green Party and the Libertarian Party.
What are third parties?
This executive department has administered election law since 1975.
What is the Federal Election Commission?
After the Voting Rights Act of 1965, states and local governments needed this before making new election laws.
What is preclearance?
These people are paid by interest groups to influence politicians in Washington, D.C.
What are lobbyists?
This is the number of votes needed for a bill to pass out of the Senate.
What is 51?
In the history of party dominance, we are currently in this "era" (since 1968).
What is the Era of Divided Government?
This recent court case declared that corporations and unions should be treated as people, and money as free speech.
What is Citizens United v. FEC?
In 2013, the Supreme Court ruled that federal government oversight of election laws was no longer needed.
What is Shelby Co. v. Holder?
This is the word for a party's major positions on various social issues that they are using to help them get elected.
What is a platform or plank?
This is the number of votes it takes for a bill to pass out of the House of Representatives.
What is 218? (There are 435 total members, so need a simple majority for bills to pass.)