Parties
The New Deal Coalition involved members of this party.
What is the Democratic Party?
In this kind of primary, you can choose which party to vote for when you enter the voting booth.
What is the open primary?
This president came before Harry Truman.
Who is FDR?
This kind of committee resolves differences in Senate and House version of the same bill.
What is a conference committee?
The War Powers Act was passed against the backdrop of this war.
What is the Vietnam War?
This is what happens in a divided government when opposing parties block each other’s proposals.
What is gridlock?
Voting for candidates of different parties for various offices in the same election is called this.
What is split-ticket voting?
This president came after Dwight D. Eisenhower.
Who is JFK?
This powerful committee in the House control time for debate.
What is the House Rules Committee?
All tax legislation must begin here.
What is the House of Representatives?
A meeting of party delegates held every four years.
What is a national convention?
This is the most important information shortcut voters use to make predictions about a candidate.
What is party label?
This president was in office when the Vietnam War ended.
Who is Gerald Ford?
This rule is used in the Senate to end or limit debate.
What is cloture?
The amendment that applies the rights guaranteed in the Bill of Rights to state law.
What is the Fourteenth Amendment?
The best-known party machine that emerged in the late 19th century in New York City.
What is Tammany Hall?
This term refers to the citizens' faith and trust in government and their belief that they can understand and influence political affairs.
What is political efficacy?
This president was in office at the start of the Iran Hostage Crisis.
Who is Jimmy Carter?
This is the term for the minimum number of members who must be present for business to be conducted in Congress.
What is a quorum?
This theory calls for agreement between the people and the government.
What is social contract theory?
This third party candidate had a major effect on the 2000 election.
Who is Ralph Nader?
Over the last 30 years, districts have become safer for incumbents due to this process.
What is redistricting?
This president won a closely-contested election decided after a month-long series of legal battles culminating in a contentious, 5–4 Supreme Court decision
Who is George W. Bush?
These unrelated amendments are added to important bills so that they will pass.
What are riders?
Stare decisis means this.
What is “let the decision stand.”