Foundations of Government
Major principles found in the Declaration of Independence and U.S. Constitution were largely influenced by this man and his "social contract theory"
Who is John Locke?
This describes the drawing of congressional districts to produce a particular electoral outcome without regard to the shape of the district
What is gerrymandering?
Freedom from self incrimination ("the right to remain silent") is found in this Amendment to the Constitution.
What is the 5th Amendment?
This type of sample is essential for an accurate poll.
What is a random sample?
Before competing in a general election, a candidate must secure this.
What is their party's nomination or success in primary election.
This decision made at the Constitutional Convention created the two-house legislature w/ the lower house representation based on population and an upper house w/ equal representation for each state.
What is the Great Compromise?
The president's ability to veto bills passed by Congress would be considered this type of power.
What is formal (expressed/enumerated)?
The Supreme Court decided this in the case Brown v. Board of Education.
What is segregation in schools is unconstitutional.
This ideology favors government intervention in the economy and the provision of social services.
What is liberalism?
This is an example of this type of political advertisement. http://www.livingroomcandidate.org/commercials/2016/dead-broke#4628
What is a negative ad?
This describes the intertwined relationship between the national, state, and local governments that began with FDR's New Deal
What is a cooperative federalism?
What is precedent?
This wide-ranging legislation outlawed discrimination in employment, education, and voting and created the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission.
This is the BIGGEST obstacle to minor parties in our political system.
What is the winner-take-all (single-representative/plurality) system
What is a gatekeeper?
This theory of democracy emphasizes group-based activism by nongovernmental interest striving for impact on political decision making.
What is the pluralist democracy?
This next step in the legislative process occurs once a bill passes through committee in the Senate.
What is debate on the floor?
In the case Engel v. Vitale, the Supreme Court decided this on religion in schools.
The Democratic Party
Business competition between media sources can lead to this.
What is bias or narrowcasting or misinformation.
The decision in this SCOTUS case upheld the power of the national government and denied the right of a state to tax a federal bank using the Constitution's supremacy clause.
What is McCullough v. Maryland
The Federal Elections Commission (FEC) is an example of this type of bureaucratic agency.
What is an independent regulatory commission?
What is Tinker v. Des Moines?
This is an example of an advantage for incumbents in elections.
What is name recognition or constituent services or visibility or funding or the franking privilege.
This was one major result of the Citizens United Supreme Court decision.
What is an increase in Super PACs/soft money.