4.1-4.2
This party is religious, patriotic, lower income, mostly rural. They lean left on moral issues and right on economic issues.
What is the populist group?
When the Government adjusts policy based on the will of the majority; often seen first at the local and state levels.
What is the Majoritarian influence on the formation of policy making?
The part of economic policy that is concerned with government spending and taxation.
What is fiscal policy?
Government services promised by law to citizens (included in Congress's Mandatory Spending obligations).
What is an entitlement?
The amendment that allowed Congress to tax people's income.
What is the 16th Amendment?
This party is made up of urban residents that challenge government and big business corruption. They lean right on nearly nothing, and left on economic, social and moral issues.
Who are progressives?
A pluralist approach to policy based on competing interests.
What are interest groups?
How the government manages the supply of currency and value of the US dollar.
Makes up almost 20% of federal budget.
The polls taken prior to announcing candidacy to measure support.
What are Benchmark Polls?
Predicting election winners based on polling data.
What is horse racing?
The group of people generally opposed government intervention in general.
What is the libertarian party?
A board of seven governors who serve for 14 years and rotate as chairman to set monetary policy through buying and selling bonds, regulating reserved at commercial banks, setting discount rates (rate of actual loaned dollars to the banks), and set interest rates.
Who is the Federal Reserve Board?
Labor opinion differences between Liberals and Conservatives.
Why do liberals support unions and why do conservatives believe workers would be more productive if profits reflected their earnings?
The polls conducted on election day to predict an outcome.
What are entrance and exit polls.
Polls show favor with candidates from minority groups but election results do not always reflect that.
What is the Bradley Effect?
What are valence issues?
The document that provides Congress the power to lay and collect taxes.
What is Article 1?
The polls taken to regularly measure the public's opinions on the president's performance.
What are approval ratings?
The polls that measure where people stand heading into an election.
What are tracking polls?
People who don't trust media won't participate in a poll.
What is non-response bias?
The issues many disagree on - HOW to achieve universal values.
What are Wedge Issues?
The organization that oversees the tax collection process.
What is the IRS?
Polling that pushes certain opinions and viewpoints.
What are push polls?