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Voting Amendments
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What Amendment prevents the right to vote from being denied based on race, color or servitude?

15th Amendment

100

What is Party Line Voting?

Voting for all candidates from one political to all offices.

100

What is the general election?

The election for president.

100

What does a PAC stand for?

A Political Action Committee.

100

What is the Bandwagon effect?

A shift in electoral support that favors the forerunner candidate.
200

What Amendment extends the right to vote to all sexes?

19th Amendment

200

What is a Voting Bloc?

A demographic group of people who reliably vote in a noticeable pattern.

200

What is a open primary?

Anyone can vote in either election regardless of how you are registered. (Only 1 vote)

200

What does the electoral college do?

Each state runs it's own election. The winner of the popular vote get's all of the state's electoral votes.

200

What is Political Analysis Reporting?

Explanations on news topics by experts to help others understand complex topics.

300

Fill in the blank: The 24th Amendment outlaws _________

Poll Taxes

300

What is the Retrospective model of voting?

Voting based off of the recent past of a canidate.

300

Individual people take part in the _______ vote.

Popular

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What is Hard Money?

Money that is subject for FEC regulations.

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400

What did the 26th Amendment change in voting rights?

Lowered the legal voting age to 18.

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What is the Incumbency Advantage Phenomenon?

The person who currently holds a position is more likely to win in a upcoming election.

400

What type of primary election does the state of Maryland hold?

A closed election.

400

What is a iron triangle?

The relationship between Congress, Bureaucracy and Interest Groups.

400

Which Supreme Court case allowed for the creation of SuperPACs?

Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission
 

500

What event caused the implementation of the 26th Amendment?

The Vietnam War

500
A person who normally votes Democrat now votes Republican due to the Republican candidate's strong campaigning and positive impact on the economy. What model of voting is this following?

Rational Choice

500

The state of Idaho holds what type of primary?

It does not, it holds a Caucus.

500

What is a Rank and File member?

The ordinary members of an organization.

500

The x intercepts of this equation on the interval 0<=θ <2π (2 pi)...

y = 3cos(3/2x - π/3)

π = pi

x = 5π /9

x= 11π /9

x= 17π /9